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Laura Andersen

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2013

Washington DC by way of Cape Cod. Lover of all things food, wine, and travel. Cats are OK too.

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My Location Interests

Washington, D.C.

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Places Laura Andersen Wants to Go

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Places I want to go

Places on this traveler's wishlist.

Dargavs

Dargavs, Russia

Dargavs Village

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

Curious Rock

Spencer, West Virginia

Curious Rock

A table rock formation that has been intriguing West Virginians for years.

Docteur Pinel liberating the hysterical women from their chains - Tony Robert Fleury - 1805

Paris, France

The Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."