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Evan Nicole Brown

Contributing Writer here at Atlas Obscura! Say hello: evan.brown@atlasobscura.com @theevanarysays

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A Country’s Identity Is Hidden in Its Camouflage

A unique online resource shows how camo can make a soldier stand out.

November 21, 2018

California's Gold Nugget Museum Has Been Lost to the Camp Fire

The Paradise institution honored the town's mining days.

November 16, 2018

Looking Back on NASA's Vivid 1970s Visions of Space Living

Feast your peepers on these artistic interpretations of a colonized cosmos.

November 13, 2018

All U.S. National Parks Are Free to Enter on Sunday

Access is in honor of Veterans Day.

November 9, 2018

How One Woman Transforms Plants Into Pigment

Kazumi Tanaka paints the natural world with the essence of flowers.

November 7, 2018

A Detail You May Not Have Noticed in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Fresco

Remember when Eve bit into the…fig?!

November 2, 2018

Sears Once Offered Mail-Order Tombstones

Its beloved catalogue had a good run.

October 30, 2018

The Hidden History of African-American Burial Sites in the Antebellum South

Enslaved people used codes to mark graves on plantation grounds.

October 25, 2018

For Sale: The Entire Contents of a Colorado Theme Park

In the market for a roller coaster? Here's your chance.

October 19, 2018

This Award-Winning Australian Land Art Is Designed to Power 900 Homes

But will it ever be built?

October 12, 2018

Millennial Aboriginal Australians Have Developed Their Own Language

Spoken by Warlpiri under 35, it emerged from code-switching in one remote community.

October 11, 2018

objects of intrigue

A Closer Look at a Million-Dollar Medieval Manuscript

You can buy it this weekend if you like.

October 5, 2018

How a Hurricane Prompted Guatemala to Prioritize Land Preservation

Hurricane Stan hit 13 years ago today.

October 3, 2018

How to Discover Your City’s Star Sign

London is a Gemini.

September 25, 2018

Tracing Ska Music’s Great Migration

A journey from Jamaica to California, via England.

September 18, 2018

The Vintage Japanese Copy Machine Enjoying an Artistic Renaissance

Launched in the 1950s, the Risograph has been repurposed.

August 21, 2018