An early-20th-century quack’s medicine bottles were found buried behind a haunted Arkansas hotel

Britain's first pet bunny, ancient breweries, and fish house punch. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. April 22, 2019 Medical Mystery Hundreds of glass bottles were found buried behind Arkansas’s purportedly haunted Crescent Hotel and Spa. They contained what appeared to be tumor and tissue samples preserved in alcohol, and others that held a tincture once marketed as a cancer cure. Together the vessels tell the story of a dubious chapter in the state’s medical history. Read More → First Pet Bunny Analysis revealed that a tiny tibia found in a 1964 excavation of a West Sussex palace belonged to a rabbit from the first century, much earlier than previously believed. Might this bone have come from the first British bunny? Read more → Atlas Obscura Trips Everglades Orchids Join us on a five-day adventure in Florida's Keys and Everglades this November. We'll paddle our way through mangrove forests, snorkel alongside sea turtles, and search for the elusive ghost orchid in the company of ecology experts Learn More→ Ancient Breweries New research indicates that making and drinking chicha, an indigenous Peruvian brew, contributed to the Wari Empire’s impressive political and cultural cohesion. Read more → Krimulda Parish, Latvia Virtaka Cliff This remote sandstone cliff has one of the richest collections of Livonian petroglyph marks. Read more → New Delhi, India Yamuna Ghat Ghats—a series of steps leading down to water—are a common sight across India. Situated along one of India’s most sacred rivers, Yamuna Ghat is the site of a majestic gathering of hundreds of seagulls flocking to feed at dawn. Read more → Food & Drink Fish House Punch Arguably one of the oldest clubhouse cocktails in the United States, this punch found fans in George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette, and even has the occasional legend of it knocking out a historical hero or two. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222