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Ella Morton

Ella was Atlas Obscura's Senior Editor and co-wrote the Atlas Obscura book. Now she's doing other stuff but remains a proud AO alumna.

http://twitter.com/ellamorton

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The Snake Catchers Who Handle Australia’s Most Venomous Home Invaders

January 20, 2016

100 Years Ago, American Women Competed in Intense Venus de Milo Lookalike Contests

January 15, 2016

The 'Australian Mermaid' Who Introduced Recreational Swimming to American Women

January 13, 2016

Object of Intrigue: The Roses of Heliogabalus

January 5, 2016

no one's watching week

Object of Intrigue: The X-Files' 'I Want to Believe' Poster

December 29, 2015

Fleeting Wonders: Giant Squid Surfaces in Japan

December 28, 2015

Object of Intrigue: Two-Wheeled Transport for Regency Dandies

December 22, 2015

Does Mrs. Claus Have a Life of Her Own?

December 16, 2015

From Gift-Giving Koalas to Surfing Santa, How Christmas Imagery Gets Australianized

December 11, 2015

Atlas Obscura Gift Guide: 7 Presents for the Dinner Party Prankster

December 10, 2015

Object of Intrigue: How a Red Army General Inspired ‘White’ Coca-Cola

December 8, 2015

fleeting wonders

Fleeting Wonders: A 64-Year-Old Bird Becomes a Mother Again

December 1, 2015

Object of Intrigue: London’s Life-Saving, Publicly Accessible Enema Kits

December 1, 2015

The Telharmonium Was the Spotify of 1906

November 24, 2015

According to this 1833 Map, Americans Lived in a Giant Eagle

November 23, 2015

Fleeting Wonders: A Tap-Dancing Songbird

November 20, 2015

You’re Not a True Australian Until You’ve Been Dive-Bombed By a Magpie

November 18, 2015

Overcome Your Arachnophobia By Cuddling a Spider at the London Zoo

November 16, 2015

Extreme Bagpiping Situations, From Antarctica to the Beaches of D-Day

November 12, 2015

Fleeting Wonders: Seattle's Gum Wall

November 10, 2015

Object of Intrigue: The Dummy Paratroopers of WWII

November 10, 2015

Object of Intrigue: the Prosthetic Iron Hand of a 16th-Century Knight

November 3, 2015

fleeting wonders

Fleeting Wonders: Skydiver Dangles From a Plane at 10,000 Feet

November 3, 2015

space exploration

Fleeting Wonders: An All-Woman Cosmonaut Crew on a Simulated Moon Mission

October 30, 2015