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This Dog Sits on Seven Editorial Boards

dogs

This Dog Sits on Seven Editorial Boards

Meet Dr. Olivia Doll.

Kelsey Kennedy
Atlas Obscura
May 25, 2017
How a Synagogue Caretaker Solved the Mystery of a Forgotten Graveyard

jewish

How a Synagogue Caretaker Solved the Mystery of a Forgotten Graveyard

It took an anonymous complaint, Google Maps, and a box of 300 keys.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
May 25, 2017
Albino or spirit guide? None of the above.

color

A Ghostly White Moose Was Captured on Video in Newfoundland

It's not an albino either.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
May 25, 2017
Watch out for falling seeds!

goats

Morocco's Tree-Climbing Goats Prefer Spitting Out Seeds to Eating Them

Watch out below!

Kelsey Kennedy
Atlas Obscura
May 25, 2017
Everybody knows the bread clip.

packaging

Most of the World's Bread Clips Are Made by a Single Company

A brief history of the Kwik Lok Closure.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
May 25, 2017
A Claude glass from around 1775.

landscapes

The 18th-Century Phenomenon of Putting a Filter on a Sunset for Likes

Before Instagram, there was the Claude glass.

Jen Rose Smith
Atlas Obscura
May 25, 2017
This dog is not qualified for the job, but you might be!

jobs

Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Professional Cat Cuddler?

An Irish clinic is hiring for the internet's perfect job.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
May 25, 2017
Thieves in Arizona Stole a Giant Inflatable Obstacle Course

crime

Thieves in Arizona Stole a Giant Inflatable Obstacle Course

How are they going to fence this thing?

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
May 25, 2017
Rubles and rubles and rubles.

money

Found: A Billion Rubles Dumped at an Abandoned Mining Operation

After the fall of communism, the Russian government needed to get rid of a lot of Soviet cash.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
May 25, 2017
There's a lot of crossover between metal fans and beer fans.

germany

A German Music Festival Installed a 4-Mile Beer Pipeline

Because kegs are heavy.

Sponsored By The German National Tourist Office and Lufthansa
A small apple pie, about to go into the oven.

street food

One Calgary Man's Big Idea: Tiny, Tiny Street Food

Tom Brown hands out truly bite-sized snacks from his portable, miniature kitchen.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
May 24, 2017
That's "robot cop," not "robocop."

police

Dubai Has Unveiled the First Robot Cop

I'd buy that for a dollar!

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
May 24, 2017
The cockpit of a B-25 bomber off the coast of Papua New Guinea.

pacific

Two WWII Bombers Have Officially Been Found Off the Coast of Papua New Guinea

The B-25 is an icon of the war years.

Kelsey Kennedy
Atlas Obscura
May 24, 2017
Rocking horses are one of the most popular purchases at Channapatna.

toys

India's 'Land of Toys' Has an Uncertain Future

Channapatna's wooden creations are on the brink of fading out in the next couple of decades.

Charukesi Ramadurai
Atlas Obscura
May 24, 2017
A Lenin monument hidden in a forest. The mayor explained "It’s the last one in the region, and we never know what the next government will be like." Local youths built a table next to it that is now a popular gathering place. Horbani, Kyiv Region, July 2016.

ukraine

The Hunt for Ukraine’s Toppled Lenin Statues

Photographing the hidden afterlives of Soviet monuments.

Anika Burgess
Atlas Obscura
May 24, 2017
An American moose, also eating flowers.

canada

A Moose Destroyed a Flowerbed Planted to Celebrate Canada's Sesquicentennial

He or she ate a heck of a lot of tulips.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
May 24, 2017
When these guys grow up, they might hunt bats together.

snakes

Found: Snakes That Hunt in Packs

Cuban boas coordinate their strikes from cave ceilings.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
May 24, 2017
Bananarama.

seattle

Downtown Seattle's Banana Market Has Crashed. Thanks, Amazon

Turns out there's no money in the banana stands.

Kelsey Kennedy
Atlas Obscura
May 23, 2017
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