vikings
Found: A Giant Viking Axe
This axe meant business.
Articles by Sarah Laskow
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Stories
Stories shared by this traveler.
maps
Found: The Exact Location of All the Pokémon in Pokémon Go
A map shows the real-time location of every one.
shipwrecks
I Made a Shipwreck Expert Watch The Little Mermaid and Judge Its Nautical Merits
How realistic was the shipwreck Ariel looted?
shipwrecks
Found: A WWII Tank Left Underwater Since a U-Boat Attack in 1945
It was hauled out of the water during a Russian military exercise.
shipwrecks
Decades Ago, the U.S. Military Set Off a Nuke Underwater, And It Went Very Badly
So they tried it four more times.
news
Found: Vessels That Let Your Immune System Control Your Personality
The brain and lymph system are connected after all.
cemeteries
Found: More Dog Skeletons at a 2,000-Year-Old Canine Graveyard
People both depended on dogs and ate them.
exploration
At the First GOP Convention, the Party Chose a Rich Mutineer as Their Candidate
John C. Frémont wanted to be governor of California a little too badly.
death
Why Pokémon Go Players Are Going to Keep Finding Dead Bodies
It happens every day.
volcanoes
What It's Like To Watch a Volcano Collapse In Front Of You
The 190-day event was the largest caldera formation ever observed.
games
Found: Vintage and Extremely Rare Version of a Nintendo 64 Console
It's a 64DD meant for English-speaking markets.
insects
Found: A Beetle Whose Name Is Banned From Chinese Media
The name was meant to be an honor, but it backfired.
animals
Found: A Drone That Looks Like a Bird Crash-Landed in Somalia
Presumably, it's a spy drone.
exploration
What Was Wrong With 16th Century Europeans That They Didn't Like Tomatoes?
Hadn't they been to a farmer's market?
art
Found: Exactly How Much of His Ear Van Gogh Sliced Off
It was more than we thought.
animals
Found: 57 Dead Sharks on an Alabama Beach
How they died is a mystery.
music
Found: Hidden and Charming Mac Porn Game From 1986
It was discovered, yes, by a Redditor.
news
Found: A Weird, Oil-Secreting Gland That Helps Swordfish Swim Faster
Grease that head.
islands
These Scientists' Field Site Competition Will Make You Consider a Career Change
How beauty and boredom led to a #fieldworkfaceoff
war history
Found: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Press Pass for the Spanish Civil War
An amateur historian discovered it in Toledo.
news
Found: A Haunting Swirl of Sea Ice Caught in Ocean Currents
Looks like a hurricane, is actually sea ice.
cars
How America Joined Its Two Great Loves, Cars and the Outdoors
Auto camps were all the rage in the 1920s.
money
Found: A Beautiful Old 10-Cent Bill
In a time capsule, no less.
shakespeare
Found: Evidence of Shakespeare’s Bold Social Climbing
He really wanted that coat of arms.
