Sarah Laskow

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2015

Former Atlas Obscura staff writer

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Articles by Sarah Laskow

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Stories

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When Plants Attack Unborn Cows

medicine

When Plants Attack Unborn Cows

FOUND: A New Species of Hominin, Homo Naledi

news

FOUND: A New Species of Hominin, Homo Naledi

FOUND: A Giant, Frozen Virus

science

FOUND: A Giant, Frozen Virus

The Sad Sex Lives of Suburban Frogs

animals

The Sad Sex Lives of Suburban Frogs

FOUND: A Super-Sized Stonehenge

stonehenge

FOUND: A Super-Sized Stonehenge

The Man Who Sailed Across the Atlantic... Without the Benefit of Fingers

sailors

The Man Who Sailed Across the Atlantic... Without the Benefit of Fingers

FOUND: A Very Special Sarcophagus

roman

FOUND: A Very Special Sarcophagus

America's Boom in Abandoned, Vacant Schools

abandoned

America's Boom in Abandoned, Vacant Schools

FOUND: 2.6 Trillion Trees

trees

FOUND: 2.6 Trillion Trees

How One Runestone Suddenly Reappeared After Being Lost for 300 Years

churches

How One Runestone Suddenly Reappeared After Being Lost for 300 Years

FOUND: Denali's True Height

mountains

FOUND: Denali's True Height

FOUND: A 1986 Note From One Suffering Student to Future Generations

libraries

FOUND: A 1986 Note From One Suffering Student to Future Generations

Investigation: What Happens When Limbs Turn Up Without a Body Attached?

cemeteries

Investigation: What Happens When Limbs Turn Up Without a Body Attached?

FOUND: The Mysterious Shigir Idol May Be 11,000 Years Old

statues

FOUND: The Mysterious Shigir Idol May Be 11,000 Years Old

FOUND: Two Giant Black Holes at the Heart of a Quasar

space exploration

FOUND: Two Giant Black Holes at the Heart of a Quasar

One Woman's Campaign to Change Québec's Racist Place Names

geology

One Woman's Campaign to Change Québec's Racist Place Names

FOUND: Painted Japanese Doors from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition

art

FOUND: Painted Japanese Doors from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition

How Money in Politics Worked in 1519

mines

How Money in Politics Worked in 1519

FOUND: A Large And Creepy Gathering of Kangaroos

animals

FOUND: A Large And Creepy Gathering of Kangaroos

FOUND: A Reef to Rival the Great Barrier Reef

underwater

FOUND: A Reef to Rival the Great Barrier Reef

Datura stramonium,

exploration

Meet the Genghis Khans of the Plant Kingdom

Found: One of the Oldest Messages in a Bottle Ever Recovered

science

Found: One of the Oldest Messages in a Bottle Ever Recovered

Found: A Very Flexible Fake Football Player

dancing

Found: A Very Flexible Fake Football Player

Adulterers can't catch a break

sex

The Racist, Slut-Shaming History of Adultery Laws