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Pesto: a liquid no longer!

airports

Genovese Airport Makes Special Exception for Travelers Bringing Aboard Pesto

But don't even think about carrying on pesto that isn't Genovese.

Michael Waters
Atlas Obscura
June 22, 2017
The shelter after the overgrowth was cleared away.

solar power

Found: An Abandoned Air Raid Shelter Hidden Beneath the Brush

The site where it was found is said to be haunted, too.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
June 22, 2017
Vladimir Durov in costume, circa 1915.

cold war

How a Soviet Circus Clown Tried to Prove That Dogs Can Be Psychic

In the 1920s, USSR scientists investigated “biological radio communications,” more popularly known as telepathy.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
June 22, 2017
The canoe.

boats

Boaters Discover a Very Old Dugout Canoe Near a River in Louisiana

It was probably built by American Indians.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
June 21, 2017
A killer whale jumps.

minor threats

The Killer Whales Haunting Fishermen in the Bering Sea

"It's kind of like a primordial struggle," one fisherman said.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
June 21, 2017
I'll call you "Spockers."

computers

Artificial Intelligence Gave Some Adoptable Guinea Pigs Very Good Names

AI is good.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
June 21, 2017
A bottle of Allen's among Allen's knitted hats.

maine

Why Maine Is Mad for This Coffee-Flavored Liqueur

Allen's Coffee Brandy is more popular than vodka or whiskey.

Dan Nosowitz
Atlas Obscura
June 21, 2017
Flirting in the Resi, 1930—peep the pneumatic tubes!

cabaret

People in 1920s Berlin Nightclubs Flirted via Pneumatic Tubes

It was the Tinder of the early 20th century.

Michael Waters
Atlas Obscura
June 21, 2017
A Japanese Diver's 25-Year Friendship With a Local Fish

video wonders

A Japanese Diver's 25-Year Friendship With a Local Fish

Plus: a really adorable man-fish kiss.

Michael Waters
Atlas Obscura
June 21, 2017
The opening pages of an 1869 copy of The Book of Mormon, printed in Deseret.

mormons

The Deseret Alphabet, a 38-Letter Writing System Developed by Mormons

It was intended to spell English words in a more phonetically accurate way.

Beau Stucki
Atlas Obscura
June 21, 2017
The Blanda blank.

minor threats

This Ikea Bowl Has Been Setting Things on Fire

The innocent-looking "Blanda blank" is a pyromaniac.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
June 21, 2017
This Mummified Chameleon Was Hoping to Find Water

mummies

This Mummified Chameleon Was Hoping to Find Water

The sad end of a hopeful creature.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
June 21, 2017
The prosthetic toe.

medicine

Found: A 3,000-Year-Old Prosthetic Toe

It's one of the oldest prosthetic devices ever discovered.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
June 21, 2017
A dolphin leaps out of the Chesapeake Bay.

dolphins

The Mysterious Dolphins of the Potomac

Almost nothing is known about the hundreds of bottlenoses who spend their summers near D.C.—but a group of researchers is trying to change that.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
June 20, 2017
Here there be monsters.

squid

Watch a Giant Squid Wrap Its Tentacles Around a Paddleboard

A rare glimpse of the legendary creature in action.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
June 20, 2017
The stamp, before and after heat is applied.

stamps

Behold the U.S. Postal Service's Groovy New 2017 Solar Eclipse Stamp

It changes from an eclipse to a moon when touched.

Lex Berko
Atlas Obscura
June 20, 2017
Hot Dog Stand for the New York World’s Fair, Unknown, c. 1939.

features

Hunting for Famous Architects' Forgotten Design-School Projects

These drawings and models show where hallmark styles were born.

Eve Kahn
Atlas Obscura
June 20, 2017
The 'Child Impersonator' Who Voiced a Whole Family of Young Characters

radio

The 'Child Impersonator' Who Voiced a Whole Family of Young Characters

In the early 1900s, Harry Hemsley became an icon for his youthful mimicry.

Michael Waters
Atlas Obscura
June 20, 2017
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