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subways

How to Get There From Here: Imaginary Transit Maps From Albuquerque to Westeros

world's oldest

The World's Oldest Botanical Gardens

computers

Happy Ada Lovelace Day!

boats

The Sordid Voyage of the Venetian Gondola

glaciers

No HDR Needed: Why Some Lakes Are an Otherworldly Blue

extinct animals

Frogs From Beyond Extinction

secret society

A Hidden Refuge for the Fading Era of Explorers

morbid monday

Morbid Monday: Corpse Theatre, When the Roles of the Dead Were Played by Real Cadavers

botanical tunnels

Built by Branches: Nine of the Most Incredible Tree Tunnels

lakes

Where Have All the Lake Balls Gone?

story

Chasing Clouds: How an Enthusiast Discovered the First New Cloud in 60 Years

31 days of halloween

How a Cemetery Ends Up Underground

masons

Kazakhstan and the Illuminati in an Unfinished Metropolis

trees

Strip-Mall Totems: The Trees of Sprawl

suicide

A Bangkok Zoo Where People Ask for and Escape Death by Crocodile

edgar allan poe

On Poe's Death Day, A Memento Mori of Lost Lenore

morbid monday

Morbid Monday: Maps of the End of the World

Maps of the End of the World

relics

Of Shipwrecks and Wrist Bones: The Story of St. Paul’s Remains