A Wisconsin bar had an enormous 1885 circus poster hidden within its walls

Lost desert photos, burial jars, and saving India's camel culture. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. May 23, 2019 Hidden Poster In 2015, Ron Berger unearthed a giant paper ad for a traveling 19th-century circus behind the wall of his restaurant and bar in Durand, Wisconsin. Recently, after years of work, it was unveiled. Read More → Lost Desert Pictures A new book features black and white images of prospectors with their burros, young aqueduct surveyors, and a human skeleton rotting in the dirt–all captured by women photographing the California desert in the 1920s. Read more → Atlas Obscura Trips Expedition Borneo Join us next September on a scientific expedition to one of the world’s last untouched areas of wilderness—the tropical rainforests of Borneo. Whether we’re collecting ferns on a jungle hike or getting a crash course in DNA analysis, these 10 days will be an adventure in every sense of the word. Learn more → Saving Camel Culture A new dairy center in Kumbhalgarh, India, is allowing large numbers of Raika to maintain their traditional, camel-centric lifestyle. In addition to cheese and milk, the dairy produces numerous camel products such as milk soap, wool textiles, and even paper made from dung. Read more → MAULBURG, GERMANY Knickebein #12 Obscured within a ring of trees, a concrete foundation is all that remains of a massive structure developed by the German Air Force during the “Battle of the Beams” in World War II. Read more → Found: Burial Jars Local legend says the hundreds of 1,000-year-old, gigantic stone vessels that stretch across the Xieng Khouang Plateau of Phonsavan, Laos, are simply ancient mugs. Archaeologists, however, believe they may be a part of a widespread practice that used the jars to hold dead bodies before burial. Read more → Food & Drink Sno-Bliz Snoballs A favorite New Orleans summer shack is home to the first snoball, a ball of ice shaved smooth enough to resemble a snowball. The sweet, flavored syrup swirled on top melds perfectly with the “snow,” making each slurp and lick a smooth, sugary flavor bonanza. Read more → Sponsored by Discover Los Angeles Bohemian Venice Los Angeles’s bohemian Venice neighborhood will take you through a mesmerizing home decorated with found tchotchkes and ceramic tiles, spectacular Venetian-style canals, and literary murals and shops. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222