The English servant girl who pretended to be an exotic island princess

NYC park goats, nighttime wonders, and what to wear while stargazing. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. May 13, 2019 Princess Caraboo Mary Baker, better known as Princess Caraboo, was a former servant who convinced the small English town of Almondsbury that she was eccentric royalty from a faraway, fabricated island by speaking in gibberish. Read More → ‘Goatham’ In an effort to control invasive plants in parts of Riverside Park in New York City’s Upper West Side, city officials are introducing a squad of 24 goats who can both stand the slanted ground and stomach the pesky weeds on the steep, sloping parts of the park. Read more → Taiwanese Paintings The Library of Congress, in conjunction with the National Central Library of Taiwan, has digitized and released 12 watercolor paintings that take viewers on a voyage through indigenous life on the island of Formosa, better known as Taiwan. Read more → Community Nighttime Wonders Whether it’s a building that comes to life with neon lights or a tunnel that only gains its haunting ambiance once the sun goes down, tell us about your favorite place that must be seen at night. Share now→ Stargazing Suit Eighteenth-century astronomy could be a cold and lonely business. Often spending long nights shivering while observing the night sky, English astronomer Nevil Maskelyne found a more dapper solution: his very own custom-made, gold-quilted stargazing suit. Read more → NAQU, TIBET Tanggula Railway Station At 16,627 feet above sea level, this unstaffed railway station located on the vast Tibetan Plateau is the highest in the world. Read more → SAINT-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE, FRANCE Frieze of Lions A pair of running lions engraved on animal bone is one of the earliest artistic depictions of big cats. Excavated from a French cave, the bone is 11,000 years old and on display at the National Archaeological Museum of France. Read more → Food & Drink Arbroath Smokie A specialty of Arbroath, Scotland, this hot-smoked haddock is lauded by poets and may date back to the Vikings. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222