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Trash

A new TV special gives a fatberg the <em>CSI</em> treatment.

What an Enormous Fatberg Can Tell Us About How Londoners Live

An "autopsy" on the congealed behemoth illuminates what people flush down the drain.

Jessica Leigh Hester April 25, 2018

Barbara Lubliner named the first of her plastic-bottle dogs <em>Pupsi</em>.

Step Inside a Sculpture Garden Made Entirely Out of Trash

Cat food cans, detergent containers, and thousands and thousands of plastic bottles.

Jessica Leigh Hester April 10, 2018

Al Wukair Scrapyard.

Al Wukair Scrapyard

Some 20,000 dust-covered unwanted vehicles languish in the desert.

Medicines, tonics, and other cure-alls mingle in the drawers.

Exploring a Hidden Archive of New York City's Historic Trash

A museum's basement holds a trove of fascinating castoffs.

Jessica Leigh Hester April 2, 2018

Space debris looks awesome, but don't touch it.

No Matter What, Do Not Touch the Space Junk

You almost certainly won't encounter any pieces of the falling Chinese space station, but if you do—keep your distance.

Jessica Leigh Hester March 30, 2018

Astronauts on board the International Space Station captured this image the Cygnus cargo spacecraft breaking up in Earth's atmosphere in 2014.

Meet an Amateur Astronomer Tracking the Falling Chinese Space Station

Marco Langbroek spends a lot of time at his computer, following Tiangong-1's every move.

Jessica Leigh Hester March 29, 2018

Permanently Closed

Inside the WeirdStuff Warehouse

Sunnyvale, California

WeirdStuff Warehouse

An Aladdin's cave of old Silicon Valley tech.

Napkins will gladly hold whatever threatens to spill over, whether that's a dribble, a scribble, or a full-fledged poem.

Don't Just Wipe Your Face—Write a Poem!

A recently resuscitated online literary journal is dedicated to the humble napkin.

Cara Giaimo February 23, 2018

APEX Electronics

Los Angeles, California

APEX Electronics

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

Forks, Washington

John's Beachcombing Museum

One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.

Entrance to the garbage tunnel

Washington, D.C.

Congressional Garbage Tunnel

The tunnel under the Capitol Building where Congress takes out its trash.

Found: Three Dozen Giant, Mysterious Disks of Compressed Trash

Sarah Laskow May 17, 2017

Looking down Bottle Cap Alley

College Station, Texas

Bottle Cap Alley

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

Mr. Trash Wheel trash interceptor at the mouth of the Jones Falls River in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

Baltimore, Maryland

Mr. Trash Wheel

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

The Ecological Bottle House.

Puerto Iguazú, Argentina

Ecological Plastic Bottle House

One family's mission to exemplify sustainability took on a whole new life as a surprisingly beautiful home.

A very patriotic balloon release.

crime and punishment

You Can No Longer Release Balloons in Atlantic City

Everything dies, baby, that's a fact.

Cara Giaimo January 26, 2017

Palace of Depression in the process of restoration

Vineland, New Jersey

Palace of Depression

This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.

A Graphic Guide to All the Weird Things in New York City's Waterways

The digital journal Underwater New York tells the stories of objects submerged and washed ashore.

Lauren Young July 20, 2016