Evan Nicole Brown's User Profile - Atlas Obscura
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camouflage

A Country’s Identity Is Hidden in Its Camouflage

A unique online resource shows how camo can make a soldier stand out.
November 21, 2018
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fires

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

The Paradise institution honored the town's mining days.
November 16, 2018
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space

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

Feast your peepers on these artistic interpretations of a colonized cosmos.
November 13, 2018
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All U.S. National Parks Are Free to Enter on Sunday

Access is in honor of Veterans Day.
November 9, 2018
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flowers

How One Woman Transforms Plants Into Pigment

Kazumi Tanaka paints the natural world with the essence of flowers.
November 7, 2018
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renaissance

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

Remember when Eve bit into the…fig?!
November 2, 2018
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retail

Sears Once Offered Mail-Order Tombstones

Its beloved catalogue had a good run.
October 30, 2018
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grave week

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

Enslaved people used codes to mark graves on plantation grounds.
October 25, 2018
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auctions

For Sale: The Entire Contents of a Colorado Theme Park

In the market for a roller coaster? Here's your chance.
October 19, 2018
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energy

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

But will it ever be built?
October 12, 2018
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linguistics

Millennial Aboriginal Australians Have Developed Their Own Language

Spoken by Warlpiri under 35, it emerged from code-switching in one remote community.
October 11, 2018
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objects of intrigue

A Closer Look at a Million-Dollar Medieval Manuscript

You can buy it this weekend if you like.
October 5, 2018
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environment

How a Hurricane Prompted Guatemala to Prioritize Land Preservation

Hurricane Stan hit 13 years ago today.
October 3, 2018
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astrology

How to Discover Your City’s Star Sign

London is a Gemini.
September 25, 2018
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music

Tracing Ska Music’s Great Migration

A journey from Jamaica to California, via England.
September 18, 2018
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printing

The Vintage Japanese Copy Machine Enjoying an Artistic Renaissance

Launched in the 1950s, the Risograph has been repurposed.
August 21, 2018