Articles by Cara Giaimo

Should a moose be an "it"? Some writers and scientists think creatures deserve better.

Thousands of works of literature, law, and history have been brought out of their temple homes.

Why hundreds of Union and Confederate soldiers dressed for war in turbans, fezzes, and bright red pants.

The Roswell, New Mexico landmark was found smashed to pieces in a ditch last Wednesday.

"Your GPS is WRONG," says a sign at Storm Mountain Center.

His Lutheran hard rock band, Boxi Rocks, draws hundreds.

It took months of stakeouts, surveillance, and eggshell forensics.

The disappearance of a favorite condiment brand is rocking the island to its core.

The word first appeared in print in the Boston Morning Post to make fun of a rival paper.

Go ahead—scrawl all over Giotto's Campanile.

After a century of just droning along, beekeeping is going high-tech.

The mysterious shape appears only twice a year, on the third floor of the eccentric Lapham-Patterson House.

Instead of continent-hopping every year, whole populations have settled down in the local landfill.

Predict the future of humanity by piloting around a robotic garbage barrel.

"This is not a good commercial for Ziploc," one onlooker said.

We trace the phrase's provenance from Charles Manson to Clickhole.

No future / no future / no future for you!

A floating Canadian McDonalds is set to make a comeback this year after a secrecy-shrouded renovation.

These eight-legged grumps may be trying to clock each other with shells.

A 1994 lawsuit scared other developers away from the garbage can.

For decades, a sanitation worker turned curator has collected and displayed his best Dumpster finds.

Help us identify this mysterious skittering creature.

She's the Edward Scissorhands of the lobster world.

Thanks to unabashed false advertising, this 20th-century patent medicine survived lawsuits and eight decades of medical advancements.