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psychiatry

When the NSA Feared Psychics Could Make Cities Lost in Time and Space

It was the '70s.

Michael Best
Atlas Obscura
February 22, 2017
Touring a Deserted, Dystopian Mall in Pennsylvania

malls

Touring a Deserted, Dystopian Mall in Pennsylvania

Once a mighty retail hub, Century III is now hauntingly empty.

Ella Morton
Atlas Obscura
February 22, 2017
Help This Computer Program Draw the World's Freakiest Felines

computers

Help This Computer Program Draw the World's Freakiest Felines

This is what happens when you tell an AI bot that everything is cats.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
February 22, 2017
Someone in Edmonton drove with a ferret (not this ferret) around their neck.

feats

Busted for Driving With a Ferret Around Your Neck

It happened in Canada, though the details are a bit sparse.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
February 22, 2017
Researchers in ICARDA's Beirut headquarters, harvesting seeds to ship back to Svalbard.

seed banks

Seeds From Syria Are Returning to the Svalbard Vault

This marks the first successful use of the "doomsday" seed vault.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
February 22, 2017
Jama Masjid in Delhi.

mosques

Listen to the Call to Prayer in Countries Around the World

A new project collects sounds from sacred places in 34 countries.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
February 22, 2017
Found: Strange Graffiti on 4 of Washington's Most Famous Monuments

conspiracy theories

Found: Strange Graffiti on 4 of Washington's Most Famous Monuments

It referenced the JFK assassination and the 9/11 attacks.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
February 22, 2017
Raisins Clairs Beach in Saint François, Guadeloupe.

slavery

The Politics of Sunbathing on Human Remains

Or, what happened after a slave cemetery was discovered under a beautiful beach in Saint François, Guadeloupe.

Melissa Banigan
Atlas Obscura
February 21, 2017
Table for one, please.

minor threats

A Waitress Casually Dragged a Massive Lizard Out of a Restaurant in Australia

There's video.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
February 21, 2017
A Montgomery Ward catalog from 1903.

tedium

How Sears and Montgomery Ward Changed American Shipping

In the 19th century, if you wanted a package delivered and you didn't live in a big city, you were pretty much out of luck.

Ernie Smith
Atlas Obscura
February 21, 2017
An artist's rendering of the worm.

fossils

Found: The Fossil of a Giant, Extinct, 400-Million-Year-Old Worm

It went unnoticed in a museum for years.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
February 21, 2017
F. Percy Smith at his house in Southgate, April 1, 1936.

film

The Shy Edwardian Filmmaker Who Showed Nature's Secrets to the World

F. Percy Smith made flies dance, ants battle, and flowers bloom.

Linda Rodriguez McRobbie
Atlas Obscura
February 21, 2017
Seattle's Jade Vine Is Almost as Cool as a Corpse Flower

fleeting wonders

Seattle's Jade Vine Is Almost as Cool as a Corpse Flower

It's the color of mint toothpaste, and will bloom through mid-March.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
February 21, 2017
There's Another Orange Alligator Roaming the Carolinas

minor threats

There's Another Orange Alligator Roaming the Carolinas

North Carolina would not be outdone.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
February 21, 2017
The envelope of one of the letters.

lgbtq

Found: Love Letters a WWII Soldier Wrote to His Boyfriend

Homosexuality was illegal at the time.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
February 21, 2017
The Dangers of Doing Parkour Above a Chimney

minor threats

The Dangers of Doing Parkour Above a Chimney

A man in Denver was rescued after falling 40 feet down an abandoned shaft.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
February 20, 2017
A map of U.S. President George Washington's Mount Vernon estate from a drawing transmitted by the General. Published in 1801.

george washington

George Washington's Own 1793 Map of Mount Vernon

Before he was the first U.S. president, Washington surveyed the lands of colonial America.

Lauren Young
Atlas Obscura
February 20, 2017
The Can Opener takes another victim.

roads

5 Spectacular Transportation Failures

Infrastructure, you had one job...

Meg Neal
Atlas Obscura
February 20, 2017
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