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What Is This Mysterious Object That Washed Up on a New Zealand Beach?

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What Is This Mysterious Object That Washed Up on a New Zealand Beach?

Probably just very impressive driftwood!

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
December 12, 2016
Watch Dance Meet Geometry in This 1920s German Ballet

germany

Watch Dance Meet Geometry in This 1920s German Ballet

Ballerinas go Bauhaus.

Mariana Zapata
Atlas Obscura
December 12, 2016
A smokejumper approaches a wildfire.

rod dow

Listen to the Adventures of Rod Dow, Who Parachuted Into Flames

In the final episode of this season of Horizon Line, we explore the perilous, adrenaline-filled world of smokejumping.

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Mayor Giuliani meets with Mother Teresa.

cities

When Mother Teresa Met With New York's Mayor to Lobby for a Parking Permit

Parking in New York City is so opaque, understanding how it works is like unlocking a secret code.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
December 9, 2016
As a fire rages in a house, people escape through W. Joachim Smith's new invented chute machine.

fire escape

The Creative and Forgotten Fire Escape Designs of the 1800s

Some were more logical than others.

Lauren Young
Atlas Obscura
December 9, 2016
The 2016 Atlas Obscura Holiday Gift Guide

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The 2016 Atlas Obscura Holiday Gift Guide

Delight and confound your nearest and dearest with these strange and wondrous gifts.

Atlas Obscura
December 9, 2016
Watch Electric Guitars Being Made in 1965 England

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Watch Electric Guitars Being Made in 1965 England

“All this to make a bedlam of adolescent noise,” says the curmudgeonly narrator.

Lauren Young
Atlas Obscura
December 9, 2016
Um. I think that fetus thing is friendly?

video games

Exploring The Last Resort, Robert De Niro's Forgotten '90s Adventure Game

Also featuring Aerosmith, Cher, and Christopher Reeve.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
December 9, 2016
Oh no! YOUTH!

christmas

Teens and Krampus Are Again Violently Battling Each Other

Christmas demons and youth don't mix.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
December 9, 2016
The love locks in their heyday.

refugees

Paris Will Auction Off 'Love Locks' To Help Refugees

"It's a much better way to show love—the universal kind of love," one activist said.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
December 9, 2016
Found: A Spray-Painted Electric Blue Tortoise

found

Found: A Spray-Painted Electric Blue Tortoise

He was scrubbed clean and left with only a "slight blue hue."

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
December 9, 2016
Queen Tamar Airport, Mestia, Georgia.

airports

Photos of Unique and Beautiful Airports Around the World

Architecture that redefines what it means to travel in style.

Anika Burgess
Atlas Obscura
December 9, 2016
Watch John Glenn Talk About the Human Need for Curiosity and Wonder

astronauts

Watch John Glenn Talk About the Human Need for Curiosity and Wonder

RIP, John Glenn.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
December 8, 2016
The feathers are still attached to the tail, a unique find.

dinosaurs

Found: A One-of-a-Kind Dinosaur Tail Preserved in Amber, With Its Feathers

It is “an astonishing fossil," says the paleontologist who found it.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
December 8, 2016
Janice Wylie and Emily Hoffert.

media

How the 1963 'Career Girl Murders' Bolstered the Myth that Cities Aren’t Safe For Women

Response to the murders—and the subsequent wrongful conviction—was a perfect storm of panic about liberated women, black men, and city life.

Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite
Atlas Obscura
December 8, 2016
See What Your Blood Looks Like Under a Microscope

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See What Your Blood Looks Like Under a Microscope

An intimate look at the substance that makes you, you.

Mariana Zapata
Atlas Obscura
December 8, 2016
Richard Helms, left, in 1968.

cia

The FBI File on the CIA’s 'Gentlemanly Planner of Assassinations'

Richard Helms kept secrets.

Beryl Lipton
Atlas Obscura
December 8, 2016
A still from Starting Over Again.

film

The World's Most Accidentally Romantic Email Service

Letter Me Later was super low-key until a Filipino rom-com turned it into a busy hub for the lovelorn.

Muira McCammon
Atlas Obscura
December 8, 2016
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