Central New Jersey doesn’t exist, but don’t tell Central Jerseyans that

Cricket gourds, a mummy museum, and the Coney Island Mermaid Parade. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. June 07, 2019 Central Jersey There are bridge-and-tunnel North Jerseyans and cheesesteak-eating Philadelphians from South Jersey, so what do we call those who claim to hail from Central Jersey? It technically doesn’t exist. Read More → Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Caparra Site Located in the northern municipality of Guaynabo, this archaeological site contains the ruins of Caparra, the oldest-known Spanish settlement in Puerto Rico. Read more → Cricket Gourds In ancient China, pet crickets spent the winter in opulent gourds. A good luck symbol in Chinese culture, a gourd, once emptied of pulp, could be dried and lacquered to form a warm, heat-retaining cocoon for the popular pet. Read more → Mummy Museum A shawled señora with a sinister skeletal smile and a poisoned pariah are just two of the macabre mummified remains on display at the Museo de las Animas in the small town of Encarnación de Díaz, Mexico. Read more → Brooklyn, New York Mermaid Parade For many of the devoted visitors to Coney Island, summer doesn’t really start till the Mermaid Parade marches down Surf Avenue, where participants and bystanders are encouraged to dress up in a dazzling array of nautical-themed costumes. Read more → First Filmed Total Eclipse In the first year of the 20th century, a British magician captured the first-ever footage of a solar eclipse in North Carolina. The film, which lasts one minute and eight seconds, soon disappeared, and historians spent decades tracking down this rare scientific marvel, to no avail. Until now. Read more → Food & Drink Volcanic Wine Grapevines growing out of ashen volcanic soil create unique wines on the moon-like terrain of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222