Found: Mysterious ritual burials from the Iron Age

A two-story outhouse, New York lore map, and a lost Easter tradition. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. April 19, 2019 Ritual Burials Workers at the U.K. utility company Thames Water unearthed what’s believed to be the 3,000-year-old remains of 26 people who had been ritualistically buried in grain storage pits in Oxfordshire. Read More → Cedar Lake, Michigan Two-Story Outhouse There are various theories that surround the origins of a historic, unusually tall two-story outhouse in Cedar Lake, Michigan. But no one is quite sure which is true. Read more → Easter Egg Tree Many Americans used to carefully empty whole eggs of their contents and color them brightly for Easter, occasionally hanging them on tree branches with scraps of ribbon or thread. In 1890s New York, it was even something of a craze. Read more → First Journey We're giving away $15,000 to take a trip unlike any you’ve taken before. Perhaps you’d like to photograph the same constellation from the world's 10 largest deserts or road trip from the top of North America to the bottom of South America. To win, tell us about the journey you’ve always wanted to experience. Enter Now → Caracas, Venezuela Esfera Caracas One of the most iconic sculptures in Caracas is a kinetic sculpture made from a series of aluminum rods, which forms what looks like a large orange ball hanging in the air. Read more → New York Lore Map A midcentury map of New York features annotations that read like an insider’s guide to Manhattan’s most rakish characters, showiest attractions, and least-plausible lore. Read more → Food & Drink Cudighi Sandwiches stuffed with wine-and-cinnamon-spiced sausage have been a specialty of Michigan's Upper Peninsula since 1936. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222