Sarah Laskow's User Profile - Atlas Obscura
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tree week

Meet Brooklyn's Internet Bonsai Kingpin

Paul Graviano has been making trees tiny for almost half a century, and does not plan to stop.
May 16, 2016
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shipwrecks

Found: A 1,600-Year-Old Shipwreck Full of Treasure

Rare statues and thousands of coins.
May 16, 2016
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tornadoes

Found: A Rare, Backwards Tornado That Spun the Wrong Way

Very few tornados rotate clockwise.
May 13, 2016
Gastro Obscura
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fish

Meet the Fish That Made America Great

The sad saga of shad, Revolutionary America’s favorite fish.
May 13, 2016
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ships

Found: Mysterious, Empty 'Ghost' Ship

An oil tanker washed up on shore.
May 12, 2016
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us civil war

The Hidden History of America's 19th-Century Mania for Panoramic Prints

Itinerant artists made almost 5,000 views of 2,400 different places.
May 11, 2016
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law

Found: A Fugitive of 48 Years, Outed by His Social Security Application

It was a good run.
May 11, 2016
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bookstores

Found: A Napoleonic War Diary Hiding in a Bookstore in Tasmania

No one knows how it got there.
May 10, 2016
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sinkhole

Found: A Golf Course Sinkhole That Could Be Part of a Secret Network of Caves

Johnny Morris is going to keep digging until he finds out.
May 9, 2016
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spring

Every Spring, Montana's Abandoned Mine Shafts Open Giant Holes in the Ground

A depression in the backyard could be an abandoned mine shaft hundreds of feet deep.
May 9, 2016
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secret

Found: A Surprise David Bowie Left for Fans on His Last Album

A black star turns into a starscape.
May 4, 2016
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presidents

How One Photographer Finally Convinced a President to Give Him Full Access

The job was meant to be capturing official handshakes, but it turned into documenting history.
May 4, 2016
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jewels

Found: An Incredibly Rare and Giant Violet Diamond

Most diamonds are colorless.
May 3, 2016
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shipwrecks

Found: Captain Cook’s Ship

Rhode Island researchers may have finally pinpointed the ship's resting place.
May 2, 2016
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gold

How to Raise an Army by Debasing Your Currency and Screwing Your Neighbor

During the 17th century "Kipper und Wipper" crisis, German states made bad coins and tried to pawn them off on neighboring states.
May 2, 2016
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hospitals

Surgery's Open Secret: It Smells

The patient never knows what odors come from inside.
April 29, 2016
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oceans

Found: A Mesmerizing Jellyfish With Bright Yellow Gonads

Cute?
April 29, 2016
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presidents

Found: James Monroe's Actual House

It wasn't the modest house standing on his estate, as previously thought.
April 28, 2016
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money

The Most Beautiful Tulip in History Cost as Much as a House

Owning a Semper Augustus tulip was the ultimate flex for a 17th-century Dutch citizen.
July 12, 2022
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hair art

Found: Rare Footage of the Beatles Obsessing Over Their Hair

It's all about the sideburns.
April 27, 2016
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crime

Found: Harper Lee’s Own Article About the ‘In Cold Blood’ Murders

It didn't have a byline.
April 26, 2016
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bears

Why Bears Will Save Cherries From Climate Change But Not Apples

Some plants need help from animals to outrun climate change.
April 25, 2016
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prince

Found: A 1994 Computer Game Starring Prince

It's full of hidden wonders.
April 25, 2016
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naturalists

Audubon Made Up at Least 28 Fake Species to Prank a Rival

The prank's full extent—11 fake fish, 3 fake snails, 2 fake birds, 1 fake mollusk, 2 fake plants, and 9 fake rats—is only now clear.
April 22, 2016