Sarah Laskow's User Profile - Atlas Obscura
story
fires

Found: A Wealthy Roman Neighborhood in France, Preserved Under Ash

The team that found it is calling it a “Little Pompeii.”
August 2, 2017
Gastro Obscura
story
fungus

Found: One Incredibly Large Porcini Mushroom

It broke a Utah state record and came close to breaking the world record.
August 1, 2017
story
found

Found: A Pink Dolphin Hanging Out Near Louisiana

Pinky has achieved a certain local fame.
July 31, 2017
story
map monday

A Very Modern Map of Britain's Ancient Roman Roads

Let's take the VII from Londinium to Letocetum.
July 31, 2017
story
biblical

Found: The DNA of Ancient Canaanites

What really happened to this Biblical people?
July 28, 2017
Gastro Obscura
story
mountains

Found: A Lunch Box From 4,000 Years Ago

Someone's lunch was full of whole grains.
July 27, 2017
Gastro Obscura
story
disasters

Why a New Orleans Museum Displays a Can of Water

It's a memory from the days after Hurricane Katrina.
July 26, 2017
story
crime

Found: A House Full of Art, All Stolen

The thief claims he suffers from kleptomania.
July 26, 2017
story
found

Found: The Warhol Silkscreen That Alice Cooper Forgot He Owned

Probably worth millions, it was rolled up in storage for decades.
July 25, 2017
story
debate

Asking the Tough Questions With an 18th-Century Debate Society

Is polygamy justifiable? Is it lawful to eat swine's flesh?
July 24, 2017
story
genetics

Found: A Hint of Humans’ Connection to an Ancient ‘Ghost Species’

An unusual gene shows humans interbred with a mysterious species 150,000 years ago.
July 24, 2017
story
physics

Found: A Particle That’s Its Own Anti-Particle

Whooooaaaa.
July 21, 2017
story
reservoir

Found: A Cavernous, 2,700-Year-Old Reservoir

Its entrance was decorated with engraved figures.
July 20, 2017
story
fossils

A Kid Found a 1.2-Million-Year-Old Stegomastodon Fossil by Tripping Over It

It was a whole skull!
July 19, 2017
story
time capsule

Found: A Letter to the Future From 1995

The walls of a suburban house contained a secret missive.
July 18, 2017
story
computers

The Computer That Ran for School President

In 1975, the Pro-Apathy Party had an IBM 360 at the top of its ticket.
July 18, 2017
story
life on earth

This Tube Worm Will Outlive Us All

Some members of the species can live past 300.
July 17, 2017
story
mass graves

Found: Dozens of Naturally Shrunken Brains in a Mass Grave

There are very few examples of naturally preserved brains.
July 17, 2017
story
sin week

Your Votes Are In: Sloths Are Cute

Never mind the latrine thing, sloths are pretty darn amazing.
July 14, 2017
story
sin week

The Story of the 'Portofess,' the Prank Confessional Booth at the 1992 Democratic Convention

Artist Joey Skaggs fooled everyone and pedaled off.
July 14, 2017
story
weapons

Found: The Lost Sword of a Civil War Hero

Col. Robert Gould Shaw led the Civil War’s first all-black regiment, a story depicted in the 1989 movie "Glory."
July 14, 2017
story
sin week

Salacious Convent Exposés Were the Most Popular Books in Antebellum America

Protestant authors loved to imagine the secret sins of Catholics.
July 13, 2017
story
deserts

Found: Tower Tombs in an Empty Desert

An archaeological project has found hundreds of gravesite cairns in Jordan.
July 13, 2017
story
antarctic

Just How Big Is Antarctica's Newly Broken-Off Iceberg?

Very, very big.
July 12, 2017