Single-use plastic and styrofoam are banned in this small Guatemalan town

A puppetry theater, concrete traffic, and an alien minor planet. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. January 07, 2019 Plastic Ban Before 2016, San Pedro La Laguna was drowning in plastic pollution. Now, single-use plastic and styrofoam products are completely banned, making the small town the first in Guatemala to enact such a drastic ordinance against waste. Read More → CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Concrete Traffic A 1957 Cadillac Sedan De Ville in the University of Chicago's Campus North parking structure is encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete. Read more → Alien Minor Planet A peanut? Or maybe a bowling pin? There are many ways to describe the distant minor planet captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft. Read more → Marionette Theater L.A.’s Bob Baker Marionette Theater claims to be the longest running puppetry theater in the United States. Although its founder died in 2014, Baker’s heart and soul is kept alive and well through ongoing performances, free ice cream, and the passion of Creative Director Alex Evans. Watch Now→ Nassau, Bahamas Queen’s Staircase A slave-built staircase in a lush tropical grotto was meant to honor Queen Victoria’s role in ending slavery in the British Empire. Read more → Yazd, Iran Slow Burn The fire inside this Zoroastrian temple has burned for more than 1,500 years. Read more → Food & Drink Deep-Fried Cookies Khapse are deep-fried cookies eaten during Losar, an annual Tibetan Buddhist New Year’s festival. Read more → Sponsored by NYCGo Secrets of NYC A mysterious bookstore and a speakeasy inside a hot dog joint are just two of the hidden wonders you can discover across NYC’s five boroughs. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222