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21 rare skills, car sausages, and Basque hotels. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. April 10, 2019 Black Apple Arkansas Black apples aren’t meant to be eaten straight off the tree. Patient pickers are rewarded with a sweet, firm fruit that offers notes of cherry, cinnamon, vanilla, and coriander, but only after having aged it in cold storage for a few months. Read More → 21 Rare Skills Star navigation, bookbinding, and Pitman shorthand are just a sampling of the 21 rare and unusual skills Atlas Obscura readers are passionate about. Read more → Basque Hotels In sparsely-populated northern Nevada, towns such as Elko are oases in the Great Basin Desert, and almost all of them have hotels serving traditional Basque cuisine. So how did Basque people end up running hotels in the middle of the Nevada desert? It all traces back to the California Gold Rush. Read more → Community Best Hidden Beaches Beaches are better when they aren’t overrun. Tell us about your favorite hidden or unknown beach around the world. Share now→ Easter Island Artifacts In 1955, the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl voyaged to Easter Island and collected tiny carved sculptures, a stone axe, and even human skulls to study back home in Oslo. Now 17 years after his death, the artifacts are making the over 8,800-mile journey back home. Read more → Troutdale, Oregon Tad’s Chicken ‘n Dumplins This old-fashioned Oregon roadhouse’s quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings. Read more → Sponsored by Travel Oregon Oregon Nature Guide From the sparkling, turquoise waters of No Name Lake to the barnacle-covered “Ghost Forest,” Oregon is the perfect escape for nature lovers hoping to reconnect with the earth. Explore our list of 12 unique outdoor destinations you can discover in the Northwestern state. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222