How the monstrous iguanas of the Bahamas got so darn big

A statue for a dog, skeleton tombstones, and ancient cooking. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. May 22, 2019 ‘Monstrous’ Iguanas For years, no one knew why the iguanas on Allen Cay were twice as long and six times as heavy as their counterparts on other islands in the Bahamas. The mystery is solved–all thanks to seabird droppings. Read More → Moscow, Russia ‘Compassion’ For about three years, a black dog named Malchik lived in the Mendeleyevskaya Station of the Moscow Metro. After a 22-year-old woman stabbed him to death, Moscow was outraged, and later erected a monument to the poor pooch. Read more → Atlas Obscura Trips Baltic Odyssey Join us next July for a deep dive into Baltic history and culture on this immersive 12-day adventure through Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. We’ll travel from Tallinn to Vilnius exploring architectural marvels, abandoned sea forts, and some outrageously pretty towns along the way. Learn more → Atlas Obscura Community Where I’m from we have more castles than we have Starbucks. —ollieclark96 Join this conversation → Valletta, Malta Skeleton Tombstones The floor of St. John’s Co-Cathedral is covered in skeleton tombstones to remember the 400 knights who fell during the Great Siege of Malta in 1565. Read more → Ancient Cooking For the first time, archaeological evidence confirms that humans have been roasting and eating plant starches for up to 120,000 years. That’s more than 100,000 years longer than we’ve been able to farm them. Read more → From our friends at Quartz Yoshino Cedar House Yoshino Cedar House is an extraordinary, community-run Airbnb that has drawn international visitors to the remote village in Nara, Japan. Architect Gō Hasegawa’s picturesque 22-by-3-meter (72-by-10-foot) cedar and cypress building is worth the pilgrimage. Read more → Sponsored by Discover Los Angeles Highland Park A cul-de-sac frozen in time, breathtaking views, and hypnotizing green spaces are just three of the nooks and crannies you can explore in Los Angeles’s Highland Park neighborhood. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222