Sarah Laskow

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2015

Former Atlas Obscura staff writer

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Articles by Sarah Laskow

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FOUND: An Unaltered, Original Star Wars Print

space exploration

FOUND: An Unaltered, Original Star Wars Print

FOUND: A 3,000-Year-Old Wheel

archaeology

FOUND: A 3,000-Year-Old Wheel

How a Converted Auto Shop in San Francisco Became a Hub for Cold War Diplomacy

cold war

How a Converted Auto Shop in San Francisco Became a Hub for Cold War Diplomacy

Found: A Tiny Letter Flown Out of Besieged Paris in a Balloon

war history

Found: A Tiny Letter Flown Out of Besieged Paris in a Balloon

The Navy's Most Tenacious Enemy May Be Windows XP

military history

The Navy's Most Tenacious Enemy May Be Windows XP

FOUND: Evidence That Jerusalem Is 2,000 Years Older Than Anyone Thought

archaeology

FOUND: Evidence That Jerusalem Is 2,000 Years Older Than Anyone Thought

A Map of Where NYC Puts Its Giant Mountains of Snow

maps

A Map of Where NYC Puts Its Giant Mountains of Snow

FOUND: Astronauts' Graffiti on the Walls of Their Spaceship

space exploration

FOUND: Astronauts' Graffiti on the Walls of Their Spaceship

Think Kanye’s Bad With Money? This Family Literally Burned $1 Million

collections

Think Kanye’s Bad With Money? This Family Literally Burned $1 Million

Karol Wojtyla in 1967

news

Found: Pope John Paul II's Letters to a Lady Friend

What Happens When a Supreme Court Justice Dies in Office?

politics

What Happens When a Supreme Court Justice Dies in Office?

Found: A Man Buried Upright, 7,000 Years Ago

cemeteries

Found: A Man Buried Upright, 7,000 Years Ago

Cornell Has a Giant Python Skeleton Hidden in a Backroom

snakes

Cornell Has a Giant Python Skeleton Hidden in a Backroom

Ted, Mitt, And Gratz: A Short History of Candidates Who Hate Their First Names

politics

Ted, Mitt, And Gratz: A Short History of Candidates Who Hate Their First Names

FOUND: A Human Foot on a Canadian Beach

cemeteries

FOUND: A Human Foot on a Canadian Beach

FOUND: Hundreds of Galaxies the Milky Way Had Been Hiding

space exploration

FOUND: Hundreds of Galaxies the Milky Way Had Been Hiding

1880s Party Starters Had Their Own Version of Cards Against Humanity

games

1880s Party Starters Had Their Own Version of Cards Against Humanity

Found, by a Badger: A Bronze-Age Burial Not Far From Stonehenge

animals

Found, by a Badger: A Bronze-Age Burial Not Far From Stonehenge

New Hampshire Mill Workers Invented A New Type Of French

industrial

New Hampshire Mill Workers Invented A New Type Of French

FOUND: A 5th-Century Underground Church in Turkey

churches

FOUND: A 5th-Century Underground Church in Turkey

LOST: A Rare Tortoise Was Stolen From An Australian Zoo

animals

LOST: A Rare Tortoise Was Stolen From An Australian Zoo

Congressional Clocks Have a Secret Code

clocks

Congressional Clocks Have a Secret Code

FOUND: Ancient Winged Insects Were So Close to Being Butterflies

butterflies

FOUND: Ancient Winged Insects Were So Close to Being Butterflies

FOUND: A 155-Year-Old Mousetrap Still Doing Its Job

animals

FOUND: A 155-Year-Old Mousetrap Still Doing Its Job