Cara Giaimo's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Cara Giaimo

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

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Why Can't People Stop Touching Museum Exhibits?

After years of watching, one researcher thinks she's got the answer.

November 10, 2017

endangered animals

Among Puerto Rico's Displaced Residents, an Entire Flock of Endangered Parrots

Still, the island's animal conservationists have no intention of giving up.

November 8, 2017

A Day in the Life of a Rock 'n' Roll Librarian

It's not all finding secret notes from Keith Richards... but some of it is.

November 6, 2017

Watch a Wind Turbine Blade Take a Slow, Ungainly Road Trip

Real-life blade running.

November 6, 2017

What Happens When a Queen Bee Decides to Ride a Motorcycle

A street in Sydney, Australia, ended up hosting a cloud of worker bees three stories high.

November 3, 2017

Celebrating a 100-Inch Telescope's 100th Birthday

What do you give a scope that has everything?

November 3, 2017

Entries for the Turnip Prize Are Now Open

The annual contest celebrates very low-effort art.

November 1, 2017

31 days of halloween

The Modern Lives of Medieval Monster Scholars

It's an interesting time to see the world through the eyes of blemmyes and demons.

October 31, 2017

Stumbling on Skeletons in Old Odd Fellows Lodges

The fraternal organization has literal skeletons in their closets—and cupboards, back rooms, and attics.

October 30, 2017

Found: A Bearded Seal Lounging on an Alaskan Airport Runway

This 450-pound dude decided to take a breather at the Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport.

October 25, 2017

A Woodpecker Has Been Attacking Car Mirrors in Snellville, Georgia

"Son of a biscuit," one victim responded.

October 25, 2017

Staging Shakespeare in Shipping Containers

The "Container Globe" project wants to use modern materials to bring back some of the Bard's 17th-century zing.

October 24, 2017

Mapping the U.K.'s Many, Many Names for Streams

One man's brook is another man's allt. Or nant. Or gill. Or burn.

October 23, 2017

Seattle's Last Umbrella Shop Is Closing

The Pacific Northwest has no use for such things.

October 20, 2017

Rescuing a Fancy Chicken on the Appalachian Trail

Heather Bolint was halfway through her thru-hike when she came across a misplaced rooster.

October 19, 2017

A Unique, 3D-Printed Bike Bridge Has Opened in the Netherlands

The small-but-mighty structure is the first ever to be printed out of reinforced concrete.

October 18, 2017

Digging Through the Archives of 'PURRRRR!,' the Premier Cat Newsletter of the 1980s

Before the internet, people got their feline fix in analog form.

October 17, 2017

This 'Dead Trend' Cemetery Celebrates All the Fads We Lost in 2017

RIP, dabbing. (And long live dad jokes.)

October 17, 2017

Unsettling Edvard Munch Paintings Are Coming to Oslo Airport

Do airports make you want to... scream?

October 16, 2017

You Can Now Take a Virtual Hike Around Canada's Polar Desert

Quttinirpaaq National Park just became the northernmost spot on Google Streetview.

October 13, 2017

Rotten Apples That Will Last Forever

A close-up look at the botanical glass artist Rudolf Blaschka's last—and strangest—project.

October 12, 2017

One of the World's Largest Pianos Has Returned Home

The nearly 19-foot instrument will now live in the workshop of Adrian Mann, who built it as a teenager.

October 12, 2017

More Than 20 Years Later, Cornell's Great Pumpkin Mystery Remains Unsolved

Who put a gourd on top of this 173-foot bell tower?

October 11, 2017

This Pigeon Was in Danger, So a Woman Called Him a Cab

"They asked 'how many passengers,' and I said 'none, just one pigeon.'"

October 11, 2017