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Morlocks, CHUDS and Graboids: A Bestiary of Fictional Subterranea

underground week

Morlocks, CHUDS and Graboids: A Bestiary of Fictional Subterranea

Tao Tao Holmes
Atlas Obscura
October 23, 2015
 U.S. Sailors and Marines participate in a crossing the line ceremony aboard USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) as the ship passes the equator May 16, 2008.

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Behind the Strange and Controversial Ritual When You Cross the Equator At Sea

Cale Weissman
Atlas Obscura
October 23, 2015
Donald Trump Can't See Through Dirt

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Donald Trump Can't See Through Dirt

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
October 23, 2015
The Webleck Estate today.

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The Duke Who Loved Tunnels So Much He Was Immortalized As A Literary Badger

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
October 23, 2015
Cave Diving Is Every Bit As Dangerous and Wonderful As It Seems

underground week

Cave Diving Is Every Bit As Dangerous and Wonderful As It Seems

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
October 23, 2015
The Secret Jokes Hidden in Alice in Wonderland

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The Secret Jokes Hidden in Alice in Wonderland

Jess Zimmerman
Atlas Obscura
October 23, 2015
Looking north toward the Marin Headlands through a small portal

underground week

See Photos from the Stunning San Francisco Coal Mine That Hasn't Been Opened in 40 Years

Sierra Hartman
Atlas Obscura
October 22, 2015
Fleeting Wonders: A Chance to Buy a Wicked Bible

fleeting wonders

Fleeting Wonders: A Chance to Buy a Wicked Bible

Jess Zimmerman
Atlas Obscura
October 22, 2015
FOUND: A Dying Star Gobbling a Broken Planet

space exploration

FOUND: A Dying Star Gobbling a Broken Planet

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
October 22, 2015
The City Hall station of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line opened on October 27, 1904.

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Why It Was Faster To Build Subways in 1900

Alex Zimmerman
Atlas Obscura
October 22, 2015
Places You Can No Longer Go: Church Hill Tunnel

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Places You Can No Longer Go: Church Hill Tunnel

Lucas Adams
Atlas Obscura
October 22, 2015
Why Every Horror Film of the 1980s Was Built On 'Indian Burial Grounds'

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Why Every Horror Film of the 1980s Was Built On 'Indian Burial Grounds'

Dan Nosowitz
Atlas Obscura
October 22, 2015
"View from Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn", 1881, by Rudolph Cronau

potters field

The Manhattan Burial Crisis of 1822 Makes Every Cemetery Today Seem Amazing

Casey Hedstrom
Atlas Obscura
October 22, 2015
A rendering of the completed Lowline

longreads

The Lowdown on the Lowline, the World's First Underground Park

Vanessa Quirk
Atlas Obscura
October 22, 2015
A small slice of Pando looks over Utah.

underground week

How A Fungus And A Tree Translated Underground Hugeness To Mainstream Success

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
October 21, 2015
The Teen Girls Who Talked to the Dead

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The Teen Girls Who Talked to the Dead

Matthew Blitz
Atlas Obscura
October 21, 2015
conjunction mood, venus, jupiter

solar system models

Fleeting Wonders: It's a Planet Party with Orionid Confetti

Tao Tao Holmes
Atlas Obscura
October 21, 2015
100 Wonders: Clown Motel

clowns

100 Wonders: Clown Motel

Dylan Thuras
Atlas Obscura
October 21, 2015
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