Time is running out for Vegas’s last mechanical horse-race game

Blue-eyed coyotes, frozen birds, and colorful collages. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. February 01, 2019 The Last Sigma Derby The second floor of The D Las Vegas casino is home to Sigma Derby, a mechanical casino game where gamblers bet quarters on toy horses. Despite its cult-like status and beloved fans, a lack of funds and repair parts has made saving the machine a race against time. Read More → Blue-Eyed Coyotes Five coyotes have been documented in Northern California with startlingly blue eyes, but the reason behind the abnormality remains unclear. Read more → Colorful Collages German artist Uli Westphal is using his camera to highlight the agricultural biodiversity of unique produce. The resulting images organize fruits and vegetables in colorful gradients. Read more → Chilly Birds When temperatures drop down to -20 degrees Fahrenheit, school is canceled, museums are closed, and humans try their best to hunker down. But what are the region's birds supposed to do? Read more → Bucharest, Romania Palace of the Parliament The heaviest building in the world, this palace is the pinnacle of communist architecture in Romania and is a reminder of a brutal regime that left thousands of locals displaced. Read more → Palestrina, Italy Abandoned Lodge When you walk around the “Triangolo Barberini,” you might find yourself questioning whether the building is rotating upon itself. Read more → Pompeii, Italy Pompeii Phalluses Look closely, and you’ll see that there are phalluses everywhere within Pompeii: hiding on the roads, adorning the walls, and even hanging above doorways and bread ovens. Read more → Food & Drink Egyptian Cheese Mish is a sharp and salty Egyptian cheese that ferments for months in a bath of milk and spices. It’s also sometimes inhabited by maggots. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222