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Soviet photography, moon queso, and how to clean a bone church. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. February 28, 2019 Calligraphy Guide Marvel at the swirling handwriting of this Renaissance-era calligraphy manual, created by a secretary to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I in Vienna. Read More → Soviet Kids' Cameras Magazines once encouraged children in the Soviet Union to construct do-it-yourself cameras and capture the world around them. The resulting photographs were often hung in schools and displayed in clubs, but few have survived to present day. Read more → ‘Bone Church’ Cleaning Restoration efforts for this church in Czechia will require cleaning tens of thousands of human bones. Read more → Community Getting Lost Sometimes getting lost forces you to really start exploring. Whether it was thousands of miles from home or just around the corner, tell us your greatest story about getting lost. Share now → Moon Queso In the quest to communicate with extraterrestrial life, humans have sent records of our most meaningful cultural expressions into space: Beethoven’s Fifth, a mother’s kiss, and now, thanks to the mayor of Austin, a recipe for melty, cheesy queso. Read more → Manhattan, New York Flying Carpet New York's American Museum of Natural History is home to a miniature recreation of the Iranian city of Isfahan. Hidden in the diorama is a controversial flying figure. Read more → Food & Drink West Indies Salad Don't be fooled by the name. This "salad" is actually a crab dish from Alabama's Gulf Coast. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222