One of the two barns where spider webs are collected. Photo: Michelle Enemark Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on ...

But spider web deaths are so easily preventable. "It's like fly traps," she adds. "We see birds stick in fly traps all the time. Farmers will use the really large glue traps in their barns to help ...

"Spider's Web," which opened Thursday at the Barn and will be there through July 23 ... For the most part, her inventions cause no damage, either to her or anyone around her. But real life comes ...

The farm in Charlotte's Web was real. As a farmer ... One day, White noticed a spider in his barn making an egg sack. He was so interested, he got a stepladder to take a closer look.