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Prepared Foods

Pig Ear Sandwich

Chewy porcine parts are layered onto a bun in this salty Southern specialty.
Drinks

Lobster Beer

Saison dell'Aragosta is made with tasty Maine lobster.
Drinks

Raicilla

Meet tequila's fruity, fragrant relative.
Prepared Foods

Burgoo

It’s only fitting that a racehorse named after this Kentucky stew won the state’s signature Derby.
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Newspaper clip of coverage for H.H. Holme's crimes.
Jul 18
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Exhumation of Evil

Go underground with Dr. Samantha Cox and her team as she sheds light on the exhumation and study of one of America's earliest and infamous serial killers.
Sunset at Kingsland Wildflowers.
Jul 19
Brooklyn, New York

Kingsland Wildflowers Tour

Tour the thriving meadows spanning a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods and learn its history from Newtown Creek Alliance historian, Mitch Waxman.
Jul 19
Barrington Hills, Illinois

Place de la Musique Tour

Explore a secret wonderland of musical automatons, Victorian ephemera, steam engines, and French carousels.
Jul 21
Brooklyn, New York

A Mid-Summer Oddities Flea Market: Exclusive VIP Presale Tickets

The Oddities Flea Market is returning for a mid-summer celebration, and Atlas Obscura has your ticket to skip the line and get in early!
Anatomical tools of yesteryear.
Jul 21
Philadelphia

Dissecting History at The Legacy Center

Spend an afternoon exploring the secretive and sometimes sordid world of 19th-century anatomical dissection at two historic Philadelphia medical schools.
No Lobbyists Beyond This Point.
Jul 21
Washington, D.C., United States

Washington's Most Infamous Lobbyist

Peer into the only-in-D.C. world of high-powered lobbyists with Audio Walks creator Olivier Ballou.
Gernman actress Hedwig Reicher portraying "Columbia" in front of the Treasury Building.
Jul 22
Washington, D.C., United States

Following in the Footsteps of Suffragists

Join author Rebecca Boggs Roberts as we retrace the path of the famed 1913 Suffragists March.
A photochrome postcard published by the Detroit Photographic Company.
Jul 22
Los Angeles, California

The Lost and Long-Gone Graveyards of Los Angeles

Join writer and Field Agent Hadley Meares as we tour the sites of L.A.'s forgotten burial grounds.
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For a Brief, Glorious Moment, Camera-Wielding Pigeons Spied From Above

In the early 20th century, Julius Neubronner turned his birds into photographers.
July 13, 2018
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Swarms of Summer Birds Are Lowering the Speed Limit on a North Carolina Bridge

When purple martins moved into the William B. Umstead bridge, the laws changed.
July 13, 2018
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A 2,000-Year-Old Mystery Papyrus Reveals Its Secrets

For centuries, no one could read it.
July 13, 2018
Why Clandestine Chinese Restaurants Are Crucial to Lisbon’s Culinary Scene
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Why Clandestine Chinese Restaurants Are Crucial to Lisbon’s Culinary Scene

The underground "Chinês Clandestinos" have persisted throughout the years.
July 13, 2018
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