Erin Blakemore

Erin Blakemore

 

Erin Blakemore is a Boulder, Colorado-based journalist. Her work has appeared in publications like The Washington Post, TIME, mental_floss, Popular Science and JSTOR Daily. Learn more at erinblakemore.com.

The Statue of Liberty Was Originally a Muslim Woman

"The New Colossus" was actually born in Egypt

These Videos Will Change the Way You Think About Travel Photography Forever

A new technique lets you zoom through the world without leaving your desk

A Gothic Chapel Is Transformed Into a Spectacular Sky

Staring at the ceiling has never been so inspiring

This gigantic piece of chalk art was created by dozens of artists in attempt to snag a Guinness World Record for Largest Anamorphic Pavement Art.

These 3D Pavement Paintings Take Chalk Art to a New Level

The pavement becomes a playground at the Sarasota Chalk Festival

Five Things to Know About the Genetically Engineered Salmon Approved by the FDA

Sustainable seafood or "Frankenfish"?

Julia Child stands in the kitchen of her Massachusetts home. You can own another one of her kitchens—the one in her Provence vacation home—for just $885,000.

You Could Own One of Julia Child’s Kitchens

Perks include a vacation home in Provence

Endurance was frozen in an ice floe for months before breaking free and sinking. Shackleton's men eventually used a lifeboat they called James Caird to go for help.

Relatives of Shackleton’s Chief Scientist Want to Finish What He Started

One hundred years after the doomed expedition, James Wordie's descendants plan a 100-mile journey to the South Pole

Georgetown University Is Trying to Purge Its Slave Trade Connections

Financed in part by the sale of 272 people, the school is grappling with its relationship to the institution of slavery

Inside the Collective That Turns VHS to Digital Video for Free

A team of media lovers wants to preserve your memories for history's sake

Pub signs illustrat the creative names of local watering holes, like the Dog & Sausage in St. Helier, Jersey.

A Brief History of British Pub Signs

The colorful signs boast more than good looks—they're like miniature history books

A London Zoo Wants to Hypnotize Away Your Fear of Spiders

This program turns what phobics perceive as terrifying threats into fuzzy friends

Minnesota Is Expanding Its Bike Share to Include Canoes

Because bikes and boats are a perfect pair

Watch 'Swan Lake' Transform Into a Spectacular Light Show

The classic ballet has never looked so stunning

How to Visit the British Museum Without Going to London

A new partnership with Google allows art aficionados to take virtual strolls through the museum’s treasures

These French Vending Machines Sell Short Stories

Super-short fiction that's as good as any snack

Does This Brooklyn Sculpture Say 'Oy'?

...or is it saying 'Yo'?

Why Librarians Should Love Fallout 4

To survive this video game's nuclear wasteland, players need to return their library books

The Salad Garden at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, where art is salad and salad is a chance for performance art.

An L.A. Museum Is Turning Salad Into Performance Art

Because there's more to salad than that satisfying, leafy crunch

How Many Genes Does a Body Need?

Only about 15 percent of the human genome or 3,230 genes—that we know of

A Lost Story by Edith Wharton Has Been Discovered in Yale's Library

"The Field of Honor" is about a failed marriage during World War I

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