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Meet Our New Advice Columnist, Zardulu

Lovesick? Fighting with friends? Get advice from the ancients.
Atlas Obscura August 25, 2016
places you can no longer go

Places You Can No Longer Go: The Colony on Cuttyhunk

This 1602 colonizing mission to New England was ridiculed for only lasting three weeks.
Lucas Adams August 25, 2016
You know Smokey the Bear—but have you met Woody the Smiling, Animated Log?
forests

Smokey the Bear Has Nothing on These Forgotten Forest Mascots

Meet The Guberif, Johnny Horizon, Howdy The Good Outdoor Manners Raccoon, and more!
Cara Giaimo August 24, 2016
mines

Places You Can No Longer Go: The Ottumwa Coal Palace

In the 1880s, Iowa wanted the world to know it was the king of coal.
Lucas Adams August 4, 2016
places you can no longer go

Places You Can No Longer Go: Doggie Diner

The storied Bay Area restaurant has been reduced to a giant dog's head.
Lucas Adams July 28, 2016
food

The California Town That Produced 10 Million Eggs a Year

And then went on to become the Arm Wrestling Capital of the World.
George Pendle July 25, 2016
This guy's stinking up the joint and he has no idea.
animals

Most Whales Don't Know How Bad They Smell

And other fragrant underwater tales.
Cara Giaimo July 20, 2016
A seagull, unimpressed with human ingenuity.
animals

Humans Are Losing The One-Sided War Against Seagulls

Our many technological failures inspire the question—should we even fight?
Cara Giaimo July 13, 2016
restaurants

Places You Can No Longer Go: Downing's Oyster House

Thomas Downing, a freed slave, built one of New York City's most famous restaurants of the 19th century—which doubled as a stop on the Underground Railroad.
Lucas Adams July 7, 2016
animals

Unsightly Dogs Compete to Be the World's Ugliest in California

It's a surprisingly competitive contest that began in the '70s.
Urvija Banerji June 24, 2016
places you can no longer go

Places You Can No Longer Go: Albert's Swarm

The 198,000-square-mile (!) swarm was last seen in 1902.
Lucas Adams June 23, 2016
places you can no longer go

Places You Can No Longer Go: Emeryville Shellmound

The Bay Area used to have an epic American Indian burial site-turned-amusement park until a mall came.
Lucas Adams June 17, 2016
How is this guy feeling?
zoos

How To Tell If a Lion Is Happy

By combining experiments and observations with rigorous empathy, animal well-being experts can go Doctor Doolittle.
Cara Giaimo June 15, 2016
Nzinga Mbandi as illustrated by Pat Masioni for UNESCO's series on women in African history.
kickass women

Portuguese Slave Traders Were No Match for Angolan Queen Nzinga Mbandi

The warrior queen fought colonizers for decades.
Urvija Banerji June 9, 2016
spite house

Places You Can No Longer Go: The Richardson Spite House

The NYC building that was 5-feet wide, all made in anger.
Lucas Adams June 9, 2016
jobs

Turn Extreme Camping into a Career as a Wilderness Guide

Start by sleeping outside.
Eric Grundhauser June 6, 2016
places you can no longer go

Places You Can No Longer Go: Dair Mar Elia Monastery

Mosul's Christian house of worship was damaged by Americans, but destroyed by ISIS.
Lucas Adams June 2, 2016
A tree on trial in Somerville.
trees

In The Mood For Drama? Go To An Urban Tree Hearing

The people of Somerville, Massachusetts really, really care about trees.
Cara Giaimo June 1, 2016