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Allegra Rosenberg

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Community Editor @ Atlas Obscura Loves: polar exploration, fashion history, telecommunications & mail, literature, Jewish history & culture, genealogy, textiles, design, antiques
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The Opies, dedicated folklorists, transformed the field with their expansive surveys of children around the world.

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What '67' Reveals About Childhood Creativity

The work of Iona and Peter Opie, two pioneering researchers in postwar Britain, can help us understand the epitome of 2025 memes.

By Allegra Rosenberg
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was the largest freighter on the Great Lakes when it was built.

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Why Is TikTok Obsessed With a 50-Year-Old Shipwreck?

The legend of the Edmund Fitzgerald lives on, thanks to Gordon Lightfoot's immortal song and a fresh crop of memes.

By Allegra Rosenberg
The towering robotic instrument at the heart of Moving Monuments features a sustainable, modular construction—designed to be reconfigured and reborn with every performance.

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Capturing Toronto’s Vibrant Rhythms in Sculpture

A reclaimed metal artwork becomes an instrument to showcase Toronto’s unique vibe.

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Central Park.

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Obscura Day Summer 2025: Panorama of the City of New York

See the whole city from above ... sort of.

By Allegra Rosenberg
The Horn & Hardart Automat was a staple of urban dining in midcentury New York City.

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All Hail the Slop Bowl, Lunch of Our Ancestors

Mesopotamian laborers and Victorian office clerks alike would line up around the block for Sweetgreen if they could.

By Allegra Rosenberg
Passersby stop to admire the punny offerings of Brooklyn's only dinosaur bodega.

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We Visited the Dino Bodega in (Jurassic) Park Slope

Unearth prehistoric wares like Trilo-bites, Snarlboros, and The Maul Street Journal at Rex’s Dino Store.

By Allegra Rosenberg
For the last 30 years, Ivan the Terra Bus has dutifully transported people between Antarctica's airfields and research stations. The 2024–25 summer season marked Ivan's final days on the ice.

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One Last Ride for Antarctica’s 'Ivan the Terra Bus'

After more than 30 years as an iconic fixture of the polar research station, this beloved bus is bidding farewell to the southern continent.

By Allegra Rosenberg
For years, this slab engraved with the name "Charlotte Temple" and no other information drew crowds of mourners to the graveyard at New York's Trinity Church.

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What Lies Beneath the Gravestone of a Fictional It Girl?

Here lies Charlotte Temple, who did not exist.

By Allegra Rosenberg
The first men to explore Antarctica tried to be tough by writting silly stories.

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Antarctic Explorers Wrote Cute, Funny Stories to Hide Dangerous Stunts

Eventually, even imagined mushroom fantasy lands could no longer mask the perils.

By Allegra Rosenberg

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