Cara Giaimo's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Cara Giaimo

former staff writer, forever fan // @cjgiaimo // caragiaimo (at) gmail (dot) com

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Places visited in Jonesport, Maine

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Places added to Manteo, North Carolina

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Places visited in United States / Canada

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Places added to Outer Hebrides, Scotland

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Places edited in Nye County, Nevada

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Places added to Quito, Ecuador

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Places edited in Pacifica, California

Fleeting Wonders: Crew Heading Home After 340 Days in Space

An end to the longest-ever stay at the International Space Station.

fleeting wonders

Fleeting Wonders: City Workers Mistakenly Scrub City-Commissioned Art

The portrait was meant for an official street art retrospective in France.

February 29, 2016

Fleeting Wonders: Supermarket Quail Egg Hatches Chick

Sometimes, idealism (and incubation) pays off.

February 26, 2016

fleeting wonders

Fleeting Wonders: Britain's Most Famous Train Returns

The Flying Scotsman was originally built in 1923, and has several speed and endurance records under its chassis.

February 25, 2016

The Pushers, Hookers and Sawyers Still Harvesting America’s Ice

February 25, 2016

The Utopian Promise Of RepRap, the 3D Printer That Can—Almost—Print Itself

February 24, 2016

Fleeting Wonders: Giant, Lucky Turtles Made Of Rice

February 24, 2016

Fleeting Wonders: Cat Day and Ninja Day Collide in Japan

February 23, 2016

China’s Ban on Weird Architecture May Mean No More Big Pants or Giant Lotuses

February 22, 2016

fleeting wonders

Fleeting Wonders: A Sculpture That Punished Texting Pedestrians

February 22, 2016

Fleeting Wonders: 'Water Bears' Awaken After 30 Years Frozen In Moss

February 19, 2016

In The 1920s, the KKK Hated Minorities, Foreigners, And JC Penney

February 19, 2016

Fleeting Wonders: Stacked Shards of Ice On Lake Superior

February 18, 2016

Fleeting Wonders: New Jersey Turkeys Go Postal On A Postal Worker

February 17, 2016

The Surprisingly Sticky Tale of the Hadza and the Honeyguide Bird

February 17, 2016

Fleeting Wonders: Zesty Sculptures Take Over A French Town

February 16, 2016

weird weather phenomena

Fleeting Wonders: Potential Superbloom Brings Life To Death Valley

February 15, 2016

57 Questions About Campaign Spending, Starting With Ted Cruz's Flower Budget

February 15, 2016

Why We Love to Fly In Our Dreams

February 12, 2016

Fleeting Wonders: A Farewell to Vellum

February 12, 2016

space exploration

Found: Gravitational Waves!!!

February 11, 2016

Fleeting Wonders: Irradiated Voles In Chernobyl

February 11, 2016

weird weather phenomena

Until 1950, U.S. Weathermen Were Forbidden From Talking About Tornados

February 10, 2016

Fleeting Wonders: An Influx of Manatees

February 10, 2016