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Sarah Laskow

Former Atlas Obscura staff writer

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There’s a Secret VIP Club in Penn Station

Its online reviews are terrible, so we went to investigate.

Found: A Gorgeous New Shade of Blue

Just mix manganese oxide with some other chemicals, and bake in a 2,000 degree oven.

Found: Elie Wiesel’s Review of Disneyland

Did an Uncredited Woman Invent Breakfast Cereal?

Before there was granola, there was granula—and billions turned out to be at stake.

Found: Giant, Swimming, Venomous Centipedes

Found: Pet Hoard of Over 250 Birds, Scores of Reptiles, And Some Cats

Authorities took them all away. Well, not the cats.

How to Hire a Bug as a Contract Killer

They have to be quarantined first, to make sure they won't go rogue.

Found: Pedals, the New Jersey Bear Who Walks on Two Legs

Neighbors were worried he wouldn't survive the winter.

While Brazil Was Eradicating Zika Mosquitoes, America Made Them Into Weapons

Most of the Western hemisphere was trying to eliminate Aedes aegypti. Why not the U.S.?

Found: Delightful 1950s Radio Scripts Plugging Seattle’s Newest Ferries

"Exciting marine activity" awaits!

Found: Baby Planets

Astronomers are trying to answer that age-old question: Where do they come from?

How Big Can Bug Nests Actually Get?

Insects need many generations of wealth to build their mega mansions.

border crossings

Found: Eyeless Catfish That Made It to the U.S. Through Secret Caves

Though no one knows for sure.

Found: A Sketchbook of Van Gogh’s Drawings

They're apparently "dazzling."

The D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths Is Famous. But What About Their Forgotten American Stories?

The husband-wife team chose to tell American myths first.

I Tried a Medieval Diet, and I Didn't Even Get That Drunk

The Regimen Sanitatus Salernum was the Middle Ages' most famous health manual. How does it hold up?

ship graveyards

Found: A Hidden Tasmanian Shipwreck

Winter storms cleared sand to reveal shipwrecks.

How Should Humans Divvy Up Mars?

No one can claim sovereignty of Mars, but there are ideas about how best to use the land.

space exploration

Found: A Molecule in Space That Helps Explain All Life of Earth

A molecule mystery, one step closer to a solution.

Found: One of Toronto’s Two Giant, Fugitive Rodents

Capybaras on the loose.

Found: A 2,000-Year-Old, 22-Pound, Still-Edible Hunk of Bog Butter

Maybe not the best thing to eat, though.

Found: The Last, Lost Olympic Gold Medals Given for Golf

The last time golf was an Olympic sport was 1904.

How a Hotel in Chicago Convinced Drivers They Needed Parking Garages

In the 1910s, city stables were replaced by a hot new amenity.

What Do Scientists Do When They Think They Might Have Intercepted Alien Signals?

Inexplicable data can pose a particular problem.