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Miracle Towns: Where Plastic Junk Becomes Holy Relics

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Miracle Towns: Where Plastic Junk Becomes Holy Relics

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
September 23, 2015
Perfumes

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Shopping for Miracles in the Bronx

Tao Tao Holmes
Atlas Obscura
September 23, 2015
100 Wonders: The Arrow Stork

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100 Wonders: The Arrow Stork

Dylan Thuras
Atlas Obscura
September 23, 2015
Fleeting Wonders: Lightning Strikes Ocean, Nearby Man Claims Superpowers

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Fleeting Wonders: Lightning Strikes Ocean, Nearby Man Claims Superpowers

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
September 22, 2015
FOUND: $1,300 in a Domino's Box

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FOUND: $1,300 in a Domino's Box

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
September 22, 2015
A glimpse of WWII Poland.

miracles week

How a Fake Typhus Epidemic Saved a Polish City From the Nazis

Matt Soniak
Atlas Obscura
September 22, 2015
The 1980s Book Series That Literally Claimed It Had To Be Read To Be Believed

miracles week

The 1980s Book Series That Literally Claimed It Had To Be Read To Be Believed

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
September 22, 2015
100 Wonders: The Everlasting Lightning Storm

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100 Wonders: The Everlasting Lightning Storm

Dylan Thuras
Atlas Obscura
September 22, 2015
Object of Intrigue: the Ladder at the Center of a Centuries-Old Religious Tussle

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Object of Intrigue: the Ladder at the Center of a Centuries-Old Religious Tussle

Ella Morton
Atlas Obscura
September 22, 2015
12 Papal Miracles: An Unscientific Ranking

miracles week

12 Papal Miracles: An Unscientific Ranking

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
September 22, 2015
mine shaft at the Crater Of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, AR.

miracles week

Diamonds are this Park’s Best Friend

Andy Wright
Atlas Obscura
September 22, 2015
Perhaps this boy is headed to church?

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Secret Missionaries and Smuggled Bibles: China's Religious Boom

Tao Tao Holmes
Atlas Obscura
September 21, 2015
FOUND: An Extremely Rare Andean Cat

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FOUND: An Extremely Rare Andean Cat

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
September 21, 2015
The Unsolved Case of the Attempted Assassination of Pope John Paul II

miracles week

The Unsolved Case of the Attempted Assassination of Pope John Paul II

Matthew Blitz
Atlas Obscura
September 21, 2015
A 1970s-era chemistry setup, demonstrated by an EPA worker.

miracles week

Polywater, the Soviet Scientific Secret That Made the World Gulp

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
September 21, 2015
The Self-Made Castaway Who Spent 16 Years on an Atoll With His Cats

miracles week

The Self-Made Castaway Who Spent 16 Years on an Atoll With His Cats

Ella Morton
Atlas Obscura
September 21, 2015
The blood of St. Januarius, in an ambiguous state inside the reliquary.

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Fleeting Wonders: The Reliably Miraculous Blood of St. Januarius

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
September 21, 2015
How the Vatican Investigated a Modern Miracle at a Leprosy Settlement in Hawaii

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How the Vatican Investigated a Modern Miracle at a Leprosy Settlement in Hawaii

David Zax
Atlas Obscura
September 21, 2015
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