A Walk Around the Block: Stoplight Secrets, Mischievous Squirrels, Manhole Mysteries & Other Stuff You See Every Day (and Know Nothing About)"Carlsen sees a world of wonder hiding in plain sight and may just change how you look at the world around you." TODAY Show A simple walk around the block set journalist Spike Carlsen, bestselling author of A Splintered History of Wood, off to investigate everything he could about everything we take for granted in our normal life from manhole covers and recycling bins to bike lanes and stoplights. In this celebration of the seemingly mundane, Carlsen