Evan Nicole Brown

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2018

Contributing Writer here at Atlas Obscura! Say hello: evan.brown@atlasobscura.com @theevanarysays

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Articles by Evan Nicole Brown

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A camouflage military uniform with a variety of different patterns.

military history

A Country’s Identity Is Hidden in Its Camouflage

A unique online resource shows how camo can make a soldier stand out.

An aerial view of a neighborhood destroyed by the Camp Fire on November 15, 2018 in Paradise, California.

museums

California's Gold Nugget Museum Has Been Lost to the Camp Fire

The Paradise institution honored the town's mining days.

Exterior view of a double cylinder colony.

art

Looking Back on NASA's Vivid 1970s Visions of Space Living

Feast your peepers on these artistic interpretations of a colonized cosmos.

Yellowstone's Grand Prismatic Spring.

All U.S. National Parks Are Free to Enter on Sunday

Access is in honor of Veterans Day.

Two of Tanaka's botanical watercolor paintings. Jack in the Pulpit on left, Mountain Laurel on right.

art

How One Woman Transforms Plants Into Pigment

Kazumi Tanaka paints the natural world with the essence of flowers.

Adam and Eve eating from the fig tree in the Garden of Eden.

art

A Detail You May Not Have Noticed in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Fresco

Remember when Eve bit into the…fig?!

Some of the fine funeral-related offerings from Sears.

gravestones

Sears Once Offered Mail-Order Tombstones

Its beloved catalogue had a good run.

The Avoca Museum in Altavista, Virginia.

cemeteries

The Hidden History of African-American Burial Sites in the Antebellum South

Enslaved people used codes to mark graves on plantation grounds.

Abandoned street and vacant buildings at Heritage Square.

amusement parks

For Sale: The Entire Contents of a Colorado Theme Park

In the market for a roller coaster? Here's your chance.

The winning canopy design.

architecture

This Award-Winning Australian Land Art Is Designed to Power 900 Homes

But will it ever be built?

The community's welcome sign.

linguistics

Millennial Aboriginal Australians Have Developed Their Own Language

Spoken by Warlpiri under 35, it emerged from code-switching in one remote community.

Rare books at London's Frieze Masters.

objects of intrigue

A Closer Look at a Million-Dollar Medieval Manuscript

You can buy it this weekend if you like.

Home damage caused by Hurricane Stan.

environment

How a Hurricane Prompted Guatemala to Prioritize Land Preservation

Hurricane Stan hit 13 years ago today.

Astronomical chart illustration of the Virgo.

astrology

How to Discover Your City’s Star Sign

London is a Gemini.

Orange County ska punk band Reel Big Fish, performing live in 2013.

music

Tracing Ska Music’s Great Migration

A journey from Jamaica to California, via England.

Multiple passes through the Risograph can create unique color combinations.

art

The Vintage Japanese Copy Machine Enjoying an Artistic Renaissance

Launched in the 1950s, the Risograph has been repurposed.