When cactus destruction is imminent, these rescuers come running

Bronze statues, abandoned ship, and "trashing." Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. October 30, 2018 How to Save a Cactus The Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society ventures into the Sonoran Desert to rescue cacti and succulents from construction. In 2019, the club will likely celebrate its 100,000th rescued plant. Read More → Atlas Obscura Trips Let's Go to India! Next March, join us as we explore towering palaces, experience the colorful Holi Festival, and watch the sunrise over the Taj Mahal and the River Ganges. Learn more → Hidden Burial Sites In the Antebellum South, enslaved people used codes to mark graves on plantation grounds. Read more → Best Bronze Statues It's incredible all of the things we humans have immortalized in bronze. Tell us about your faves! Read more → Cozy Crypts To boost early modern England's economy, everyone had to be buried in woolen shrouds. Read more → New York, New York A Poet's Resting Place This tiled installation, named Rivers, marks the spot in a library lobby where Langston Hughes's ashes are buried. Read more → British Virgin Islands Artsy Ship An 80-foot-long sculpture of a kraken was built around an abandoned World War II-era warship known as the Kodiak Queen. Read more → Food & Drink Chaotic Ritual For some students at the University of Oxford, the end of the year means getting covered with eggs, shaving cream, and champagne. Read more → Sponsored by Chase Sapphire® A Tribute to Philly's Underground We’re working with Chase Sapphire® to celebrate underground Philly legends and hidden gems on film. Join us on Nov. 29 in Philadelphia. Buy Tickets → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222