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The Mysterious Origins of Virginia’s Swimming Ponies

For one day every July, the Assateague Channel on Virginia’s marshy eastern shore is filled with the bobbing heads of swimming ponies. These feral horses are celebrities in the area, but nobody actually knows exactly how they got there. Atlas Obscura senior editor Gemma Tarlach tells us the story and wrote about it here.

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  Wild Life Week: Celery Makes A Nature Documentary

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  Wild Life Week: The Female Alphas of Yellowstone

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  Wild Life Week: Exploring Our Alien Planet with Cara Giaimo

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  The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

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  Atlas Obscura Goes Off Assignment: Sa Cabaneta & Provincetown

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  Seven Keys Lodge (Classic)

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  District Six

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  Atlas Obscura Goes Off Assignment: To the Swimmer in the Borneo Rainforest

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  Oh, the Places We Can’t Go

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  Tell Us Your Story: Places To Remember