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dinosaurs

The Scrappy Female Paleontologist Whose Life Inspired a Tongue Twister

Tao Tao Holmes October 7, 2015
A silver model ‘Frankenstein’ signed Ray Harryhausen on white label on reverse, London Hallmark, 7 ½” high £50 – 100
objects of intrigue

A Monster Auction of Ray Harryhausen's Cinematic Objects

Eric Grundhauser October 6, 2015
objects of intrigue

Object of Intrigue: The Falcon Feather on the Moon

Ella Morton October 6, 2015
Haleakala National Park, Hawaii in March 2015.
national parks

National Park Superfans Who Visit All 408 Locations—At Least Once

What’s better than visiting a national park? Visiting all of them.
Andy Wright October 5, 2015
maps

How Modern Cartographers Marry Math and Art

Cara Giaimo October 5, 2015
geology

Places You Can No Longer Go: Old Man of the Mountain

Lucas Adams October 1, 2015
Half of “Screens of the Four Continents and People in 48 Countries in the World,” by an unknown Edo-era Japanese painter.
maps

The Maps That Helped The Citizens Of A 'Locked Country' See The World

Cara Giaimo September 28, 2015
places you can no longer go

Places You Can No Longer Go: Oregon State Capitol

Lucas Adams September 24, 2015
A still from "Flower Magic," a recent Miracle-Gro ad.
plants

How a Concentration Camp Survivor and an American Huckster Created the Magic Crystals of Miracle-Gro

Cara Giaimo September 23, 2015
objects of intrigue

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

Ella Morton September 22, 2015
factories

Places You Can No Longer Go: Bethlehem Steel Works

Lucas Adams September 17, 2015
Mary Kingsley: celebrity explorer, stickler for female fashions.
female explorers

The Victorian Traderess Who Battled Colonialism and Crocodiles in Africa

Mary Kingsley collected fish and insect samples, poked a hippopotamus, and climbed one of Africa’s tallest mountains—all while wearing a skirt.
Tao Tao Holmes September 16, 2015
animals

What Makes Rabbits So Rascally?

Cara Giaimo September 16, 2015
Griffon burgonet, made by Giovanni Paolo Negroli, Musée de l'Armée, weighs about five pounds
objects of intrigue

Object of Intrigue: Fearsome and Fabulous Renaissance Helmets

Ella Morton September 15, 2015
maps

Map Monday: A Swirling, Hand-Drawn, Impossibly Detailed London Map

Ella Morton September 14, 2015
places you can no longer go

Places You Can No Longer Go: Pickfair

Lucas Adams September 10, 2015
objects of intrigue

Objects of Intrigue: Teaching Machines of the 20th Century

Ella Morton September 8, 2015
Aurora from Andoya island, Norway
space exploration

The Aurora Hunters Who Spend All Year Chasing the Lights

Andy Wright September 8, 2015