15 easily overlooked plaques you'll be glad you stopped to read

Fireball photos, amazing animals, and an airplane restaurant. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. March 27, 2019 15 Overlooked Plaques Atlas Obscura readers recently shared their favorite unsung plaques from around the world, including one commemorating the original home of the Emmy Awards and another marking a so-called fountain of youth hidden in New York City. Read more → Fireball Aftermath In December 2018, a fireball meteor with the power of 10 atomic bombs exploded over the Russian coast of the Bering Sea. You can see the aftermath captured by NASA’s Terra satellite. Read More → Atlas Obscura Trips Mysteries of Winnipeg Architectural wonders, ancient ceremonies, cryptozoology, and more await you on a five-day exploration of Canada’s enigmatic heartland this June. Learn more → Community Amazing Animals Have you ever discovered a new animal so unbelievable you could barely wrap your head around it? Tell us everything you know about the most mind-blowing, strange, rare, and unreal creatures you love. Share Now → Accra, Ghana Airplane Restaurant Complete with rows of seats and “flight attendant” servers, a grounded passenger jet sitting along the route to Ghana’s Kotoka International Airport has been transformed into a restaurant. Read more → Darwin Taxidermy John Edmonstone was born a slave, died a free man, and somewhere along the way taught Charles Darwin all he knew about taxidermy. Read more → Cuenca, Spain Eyes of the Moor Painted onto a crevice of one of the mountains looming over Cuenca, two large blue eyes overlooking the medieval city pay homage to a 1,000-year-old legend of forbidden love. Read more → From our friends at Quartz True Dragon Tower In Taipei, this columbarium can hold the ashes of 400,000 people. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222