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This photo, taken on the Minnesota frontier, depicts Regina Sorenson and three others "dressed in men's suits."

queer history

The Forgotten Trans History of the Wild West

It was a frontier in more ways than one.

Sabrina Imbler
Atlas Obscura
June 21, 2019
Posing for a picture at Bloodroot restaurant, 1977 or '78.

lesbian

The Scholar Mapping America's Forgotten Feminist Restaurants

Challenging patriarchy, one eatery at a time.

Reina Gattuso
Atlas Obscura
June 21, 2019
David Ebmer uses his lice comb to gather samples from Valdivia's famous sea lions.

sea lions

Scientists Invented a Lice Comb for Urban Sea Lions in Chile

The utensil helps researchers study marine mammals in the least disruptive way possible.

Danna Staaf
Atlas Obscura
June 21, 2019
To Decipher Peru’s Nazca Lines, Think Like an Ornithologist

incas

To Decipher Peru’s Nazca Lines, Think Like an Ornithologist

Researchers believe the giant birds are more exotic than they seem.

Sabrina Imbler
Atlas Obscura
June 20, 2019
The front cover of the Bible, inscribed with the dedication to Lincoln.

abraham lincoln

This Lincoln Bible Has Been Hiding for 150 Years

Since 1872, it's been in the custody of a Lincoln-family friend and his descendants.

Matthew Taub
Atlas Obscura
June 20, 2019
Performances with copper kettles are becoming increasingly popular attractions in Chengdu.

teahouse

In Chengdu, Kung Fu Tea Is Torn Between Tradition and Performance

A martial arts-influenced style of pouring tea is catching on in China.

Jordan Porter
Atlas Obscura
June 20, 2019
The split trunk of the very, very old yew.

yew trees

Souvenir Seekers Are Dismembering Britain's Oldest Tree

After thousands of years, the Fortingall Yew may not have much longer.

Sabrina Imbler
Atlas Obscura
June 19, 2019
Oblique view of Himalayan landscape captured by a KH-9 HEXAGON satellite on December 20, 1975, on the border between eastern Nepal and Sikkim, India.

glaciers

How Old Spy Satellites Helped Scientists Peek In on Shrinking Himalayan Glaciers

Declassified reconnaissance images to the rescue.

Jessica Leigh Hester
Atlas Obscura
June 19, 2019
A more flattened teapot became the standard.

computers

Why a Computer History Museum Owns a Legendary Teapot

For computer-graphics researchers, it's both a tool and a meme.

Anne Ewbank
Atlas Obscura
June 19, 2019
When the goats aren't eating grass, they enjoy scoping their surroundings from higher ground.

airports

Meet the Farm Animals That Help One of America’s Busiest Airports Run

At Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, these hungry herds serve an additional purpose beyond simple gardening.

plumcot
Atlas Obscura
June 19, 2019
A female Habropoda laboriosa, better known as the southeastern blueberry bee.

blueberries

The Key to Bodacious Blueberries Is a Bumper Crop of Bees

To attract them, though, it helps to have forest nearby.

Jonathan Carey
Atlas Obscura
June 18, 2019
Bulbostylis paradoxa's flowers, in bloom just days after being burnt.

brazil

This Brazilian Plant Regenerates Just a Day After Being Scorched by Wildfire

And its flowers bloom only a week later.

Evan Nicole Brown
Atlas Obscura
June 18, 2019
The volumes list over 16,000 apple varieties.

heirloom

Meet the Man on a Quest to Document Every Apple in North America

And the mammoth book he wrote about it.

Rohini Chaki
Atlas Obscura
June 18, 2019
Joe Hill Louis, aka The Be-Bop Boy (right) was one of WDIA's DJs in the early 1950s.

rock and roll

How America Got Its First Black Radio Station

In 1948, Memphis channel WDIA became a community voice and a rock 'n' roll star-maker.

Teresa Bitler
Atlas Obscura
June 18, 2019
Dallol's colorful volcanic landscape.

mars

Ethiopia’s Strange Volcanic Landscapes Are Irresistible to Scientists (and Tourists)

Dallol can teach us a lot about Mars, and it needs to be protected.

Kelly Oakes
Atlas Obscura
June 18, 2019
The gradual reclamation of Buffalo is a point of pride among locals.

story

How a City Planner Spends 3 Days in Resurgent Buffalo

Revitalization evangelist Chris Hawley shares his "what once was old" agenda for Three Obscure Days in Buffalo.

Sponsored By Visit Buffalo Niagara
The whimsical cypress in better days.

california

The Cypress That May Have Inspired Dr. Seuss's 'The Lorax' Has Toppled Down

Now there's nothing left of its whimsical crown.

Evan Nicole Brown
Atlas Obscura
June 17, 2019
Aerial views of the islets in Loch Bhorgastail (top) and Loch Langabhat (bottom).

neolithic

Prehistoric People Built Little Artificial Islands in Scottish Lochs

Researchers nudged the construction date of some these landmasses, known as crannogs, back to the Neolithic period.

Jessica Leigh Hester
Atlas Obscura
June 17, 2019
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