Sarah Laskow's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Sarah Laskow

Former Atlas Obscura staff writer

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Found: A Giant Viking Axe

This axe meant business.

Found: The Exact Location of All the Pokémon in Pokémon Go

A map shows the real-time location of every one.

underwater week

I Made a Shipwreck Expert Watch The Little Mermaid and Judge Its Nautical Merits

How realistic was the shipwreck Ariel looted?

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.

underwater week

Decades Ago, the U.S. Military Set Off a Nuke Underwater, And It Went Very Badly

So they tried it four more times.

Found: Vessels That Let Your Immune System Control Your Personality

The brain and lymph system are connected after all.

Found: More Dog Skeletons at a 2,000-Year-Old Canine Graveyard

People both depended on dogs and ate them.

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.

Why Pokémon Go Players Are Going to Keep Finding Dead Bodies

It happens every day.

What It's Like To Watch a Volcano Collapse In Front Of You

The 190-day event was the largest caldera formation ever observed.

Found: Vintage and Extremely Rare Version of a Nintendo 64 Console

It's a 64DD meant for English-speaking markets.

Found: A Beetle Whose Name Is Banned From Chinese Media

The name was meant to be an honor, but it backfired.

Found: A Drone That Looks Like a Bird Crash-Landed in Somalia

Presumably, it's a spy drone.

What Was Wrong With 16th Century Europeans That They Didn't Like Tomatoes?

Hadn't they been to a farmer's market?

Found: Exactly How Much of His Ear Van Gogh Sliced Off

It was more than we thought.

Found: 57 Dead Sharks on an Alabama Beach

How they died is a mystery.

Found: Hidden and Charming Mac Porn Game From 1986

It was discovered, yes, by a Redditor.

Found: A Weird, Oil-Secreting Gland That Helps Swordfish Swim Faster

Grease that head.

These Scientists' Field Site Competition Will Make You Consider a Career Change

How beauty and boredom led to a #fieldworkfaceoff

Found: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Press Pass for the Spanish Civil War

An amateur historian discovered it in Toledo.

Found: A Haunting Swirl of Sea Ice Caught in Ocean Currents

Looks like a hurricane, is actually sea ice.

original road trip

How America Joined Its Two Great Loves, Cars and the Outdoors

Auto camps were all the rage in the 1920s.

Found: A Beautiful Old 10-Cent Bill

In a time capsule, no less.

Found: Evidence of Shakespeare’s Bold Social Climbing

He really wanted that coat of arms.