Sarah Laskow's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Sarah Laskow

Former Atlas Obscura staff writer

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no one's watching week

Meet the Hamptons' Most Elusive Character, the WWII Vet Who Lives in a Bunker

December 28, 2015

FOUND: The Remains of a 1,500-Year-Old Viking Settlement

December 24, 2015

FOUND: Largest Landslide in North America Since 1980

December 23, 2015

The Mythical Man-Eating Plants That Paved the Way for 'Little Shop of Horrors'

December 23, 2015

FOUND: Mysterious Gold Object in a Jerusalem Cemetery

December 22, 2015

Golden Pigs, Jesus-Shaped Bread, and 5 Other Delightful European Christmas Customs

December 21, 2015

FOUND: So Many Rare Snakes

December 21, 2015

women's history

The First Woman to Publish a Book in English Lived in One Room, Walled Off From Society

Julian of Norwich wrote "Revelations of Divine Love" based on a series of visions she had in 1373 while isolated in religious observance.

December 18, 2015

space exploration

FOUND: One Planet, Rocky, Relatively Close, Potentially Habitable

December 18, 2015

space exploration

FOUND: A Glimpse of a Supernova, Arriving Right on Schedule

December 17, 2015

How The World Looked When Jesus Was Born, According to Roman Geographers

It was a far different world when these maps were made.

December 16, 2015

FOUND: A Giant Salamander the Size of a Child

December 16, 2015

FOUND: The Cowboy Saunter of Russia's Top Politicians

December 15, 2015

The Totally Crazy and Possibly Necessary Hack That Buries Carbon Emissions 7,000 Feet Underground

December 15, 2015

FOUND: The Site of a Notorious Roman Massacre

December 14, 2015

space exploration

FOUND: A Star Storm And, Maybe, Planet X

December 11, 2015

Here's Every Living or Extinct Creature Named After David Attenborough

The most recent addition is a tiny fossilized crustacean.

December 11, 2015

FOUND: Suleiman the Magnificent's Tomb

December 10, 2015

Atlas Obscura Gift Guide: 8 Out-There Presents For the Big Dreamer

December 10, 2015

The Ghost Forests of Christmas Past: How A Fungus Stole Roasted Chestnuts

December 10, 2015

FOUND: The Walls of a 12th-Century Castle, Buried Beneath a Prison

December 9, 2015

LOST: Russian Spacecraft

December 8, 2015

How a Famed New Age Retreat Center Helped End the Cold War

December 8, 2015

FOUND: The World's Largest Sunken Treasure

December 7, 2015