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The Case of DC’s Missing Liberty Bell: Washingtonian 🌸’s covers our search for DC’s 1950 replica Bell, which vanished in 1979 during a rebuild of Pennsylvania Ave. Remember the Bell? Know what happened? Let us know! (Kudos to April White for a great article!) washingtonian.com/2023/03/01/the…

"Lemonade artist" may be the best title I've ever been bestowed. Thanks to my Gastro Obscura colleagues for the excuse to geek out about my favorite recipes from around the world and through the centuries. atlasobscura.com/articles/histo…

So thrilled to be a HumanitiesDC and The DC Oral History Collaborative "Beyond the Archives" grantee. Watch this space for more on my upcoming DC history podcast mini-series

Fun fact: You should be eating Caesar salad with your fingers. (Also, writing for Gastro Obscura is ridiculously fun.) atlasobscura.com/articles/who-i…

I couldn’t resist—after a couple of great years as an editor at Atlas Obscura, I’m headed back to the sweet, sweet freelance life. Watch this space for more on my upcoming adventures, including Atlas Obscura articles, a DC history podcast, and a new book idea…

Check out my new column for Atlas Obscura: WONDER IS EVERYWHERE, a round up of the most surprising and awe-inspiring stories Atlas *hasn’t* covered. Up now: Must-read tales from Katherine Latham, Noreen Malone and Garden & Gun plus the saga of the “Richmond Rat Boy.”

What I'm reading this week: Liz Landau on the world's coolest library, William Booth on a reconstructing a medieval ship, Zaria Gorvett on the new Tornado Alley and Cowboy State Daily on, yes, "Pedro, the Wyoming Pygmy Mummy" atlasobscura.com/articles/wonde…

Wonder is everywhere: carrier pigeons in the air over eastern India (by Sunil Kataria), art on the road from Ukraine to France (by bendodman) and alien meteor fragments deep underwater near Papua New Guinea (by Zaria Gorvett) atlasobscura.com/articles/wonde…

What you should be reading right now (according to me): JennieGritz on never-seen-before images of Oppenheimer’s Los Alamos, Adam Makary | آدم مكاري on cultural devastation in Sudan, Kristen Steenbeeke on the sinister history of the cliff chirping frog and more atlasobscura.com/articles/wonde…

Looking forward to reading this article by April White in Smithsonian Magazine. After I read it, I’ll track down THE DIVORCE COLONY. (Side note: The first 29 of my 44 trips around the star were in Sioux Falls, SD.) #midwesthistory

Thanks to @Frontiers_Women and Cassandra Crisman for this thoughtful review: "The Divorce Colony is an insightful addition to the historical conversation about marriage and nation-building in the United States."

Our Influential Women Book Club members are getting the September pick now! We're reading THE DIVORCE COLONY from April White 😃 Get it from us here: thebookbungalow.com/book/978030682… Hachette Book Group #booktwitter #tbr #whattoread #shopindie #shopsmall #shoplocal

This week in wonder: the ever-longer Appalachian Trail by lizzie johnson & @tierneyl, the spider-wrestling matches of the Philippines by Gideon Lasco and the effort to move Newtok, Alaska, by Emily Schwing More of the most amazing stories on the web: atlasobscura.com/articles/wonde…

Explore the world's last internet cafes with Rest of World, cheer for baseball's rise in Bhutan with Michael Clair and decipher the wild water tank sculptures of Indian with Fast Company. Plus: A mysterious totem pole in England Wonder is everywhere: atlasobscura.com/articles/wonde…

This week in wonder: judeisabella on Alaska’s “republic of cows,” Abdelhakim Abu Riash on the women saving Gaza’s history and AlexandraEaton on finding Bélizaire, an enslaved boy whose portrait is now on display in New York More on Atlas Obscura: atlasobscura.com/articles/wonde…

Find out why Lincoln's bowtie was always crooked, where pink diamonds come from, and how a tank museum became a social media sensation in my regular Atlas Obscura column "Wonder is Everywhere" atlasobscura.com/articles/wonde…

Look what just arrived! Happy pub day, @brooklynzydeco. I can't wait to meet Glory Broussard in these pages

This was a fun one to report. These unedited tapes (available online!) capture glimpses of our superstars as, well, just people