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The Spritz Cookie Gravestone Oct 11, 2021

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Explore the unexpected combination of recipes and graves through the story of Naomi Odessa Miller Dawson’s spritz cookies.

This week we’re celebrating the release of our new bookt! It's called Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide, a whirlwind tour of the world's edible wonders. Pre-order your copy, and as a bonus you'll get some mathematically efficient cookie cutters!

We’ll be running classic Gastro Obscura-themed episodes of the podcast all week long, so stay tuned for more edible audio wonders!

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Seashell Shrines and Bones with the Places Team Oct 07, 2021

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Places editors Jonathan and Michele are back again with a few new standout entries to the Atlas … including ancient ossuaries and a shrine covered in shells that’s far from the sea.

We have a new book coming out! It's called Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide, a whirlwind tour of the world's edible wonders.Pre-order your copy, and as a bonus you'll get some mathematically efficient cookie cutters!

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The Last White Deer of Mount Madonna Oct 06, 2021

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The story of the white deer on Mount Madonna, the two robber barons who put them there, and the last survivor of the herd.

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The Scarpetta House Oct 05, 2021

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From the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death we move to the Scarpetta house, where full-size reenactments help investigators perfect their skills in evaluating death.

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Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death Oct 04, 2021

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Eighteen macabre miniatures housed at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore Maryland have shaped the field of criminal investigation.

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Magical Summer Memories Vol. 4 - The Magic of Water Sep 30, 2021

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All summer we’ve been asking you to send us your summer travel stories. And in this final installment of summer stories we tackle a topic that transcends the seasons - the captivating magic of water during travel.

We have a new book coming out! It's called Gastro Obscura: a Food Adventurer's Guide, a whirlwind tour of the world's edible wonders.

Pre-order your copy at Atlasobscura.com/book, and as bonus you'll get some mathematically efficient cookie cutters!

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The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs Sep 29, 2021

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We sift through the dirt to solve a mystery involving a massive mammoth grave site.

We have a new book coming out! It's called Gastro Obscura: a Food Adventurer's Guide, a whirlwind tour of the world's edible wonders.

Pre-order your copy at Atlasobscura.com/book, and as bonus you'll get some mathematically efficient cookie cutters!

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mammoth-site

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The Curse of the Kreischer Mansion Sep 28, 2021

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Host Dylan Thuras visits a Staten Island mansion with a dubious and vitriolic past, only to learn the site’s curse may not be as obvious as it seems.

We have a new book coming out! It's called Gastro Obscura: a Food Adventurer's Guide, a whirlwind tour of the world's edible wonders.

Pre-order your copy at Atlasobscura.com/book, and as bonus you'll get some mathematically efficient cookie cutters!

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kreischer-mansion

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Pando the Trembling Giant Sep 27, 2021

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Fishlake National Forest is home to the biggest organism by mass on the planet - but this giant is shrinking and an usual group has banded together to help defend it.

We have a new book coming out! It's called Gastro Obscura: a Food Adventurer's Guide, a whirlwind tour of the world's edible wonders.

Pre-order your copy at Atlasobscura.com/book, and as bonus you'll get some mathematically efficient cookie cutters!

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pando-the-trembling-giant

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Magical Summer Memories Vol. 3 - The Cardiff Giant Sep 23, 2021

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All summer we’ve been asking you to send us your summer travel stories. In this installment we hear a listener’s tale of a theological dispute that became a real money-maker known to some as “Old Hoaxy.”

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/cardiff-giant

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