Calgary

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My Mad Love for an Unsung Canadian City

Beaver

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Our National Mammal

Airports

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What I love about Airports

Gum

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What Are Those Hot Pink Globes Popping Up Around London?

Drum

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What Are Those Drumlike Objects Perched on Buildings?

Lamppost

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What’s That Thing Hanging From Lampposts and Power Lines?

Window Hole

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Why are there holes in airplane windows?

Road Markings

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The Infrastructure of the Intranet

Arrow

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Where All the Arrows Point

Airplane Tail

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Mysteries of the Airplane's Tail  

Road Sign

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The Visitors Arrive in New York

Sidewalk Markers

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What Do These Mexico City Sidewalk Markers Mean?

Umbrella

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Umbrellas in Singapore

Road Sign

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What Does This Beloved Road Sign Actually Mean?

Road Trip

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Making Road Trips Greener

Totem

SLATE, JUNE 20, 2014

New Jersey's Roadside Mysteries

Gunk

SLATE, MAY 16, 2014

The Stuff of the Subway

Asterisk

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The Blue Asterisk

Elevator Hole

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What’s That Thing? The Hole in the Elevator Door

Road Bump

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What’s That Thing? Things that Go Bump in the Night

Conductor

SLATE, JANUARY 21, 2014

The State of Classical Music

Trees on Buildings

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What Is a Tree Doing on Top of That Construction Site?

Plane

SLATE, NOVEMBER 27, 2013

What’s That Thing? Thanksgiving Airplane Travel Edition

Utility Pole

SLATE, OCTOBER 30, 2013

What’s That Thing? Utility Pole Edition

Eye Bolt

SLATE, SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

What’s That Thing? Bumper Circles Edition

Movie Theater

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These Are Taken

Snow Fences

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What’s That Thing? Roadside Fence Edition

Knife and Fork

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Put a Fork in It

America

SLATE, JUNE 20, 2013

The Measure of America

Doorway Symbol

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What’s That Thing? Doorway Symbols Edition

Diogenes and Plato

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How to Sell Philosophy

Plastic Wrap

SLATE, MAY 20, 2013

What’s That Thing? Tin Foil Box Edition

Toilet Seat

SLATE, APRIL 23, 2013

What’s That Thing? U-Shaped Toilet Seat Edition

Truck Fins

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What’s That Thing? Truck Fins Edition

Cricket

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Namibia’s Most Horrifying, Fascinating Wildlife

Ballot

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The Election Disaster That Wasn’t

Packaging

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What’s That Thing? Puzzling Packaging Edition

City Steam

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What’s That Thing? City Steam Edition

Lump on a Wire

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What’s That Thing? Lump on a Wire Edition

Airline Bag Tag

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The Beauty of the Airline Bag Tag

Convenience Store

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What's That Thing? Convenience Store Edition

Memorial

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Do You Have a Photo ID, Young Man?

Switch

SLATE, AUGUST 20, 2012

What’s That Thing? Wall Socket Edition

Wedding Cake

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I, Mark, Take You, Mark…

Fire Gate

SLATE, JULY 24, 2012

What’s That Thing? Fire Gate Edition

License Plate

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The Curious Rise of Specialty License Plates

Elevator

SLATE, JUNE 25, 2012

What’s That Thing? Elevator Button Edition

Doodad

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What’s That Thing? Pastoral Doodad Edition

Gizmo

SLATE, MAY 24, 2012

What’s That Thing? Ominous Gizmo Edition

Massachusetts

SLATE, MAY 14, 2012

Don’t Mess with Massachusetts

Dashboard Arrow

SLATE, MAY 9, 2012

What’s That Thing? Dashboard Arrow Edition

Eruv

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What's That Thing? Mysterious Wires Edition

Appliances

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We're No. 1!