Wanted: An expert gardener to oversee a castled Cornish island

Barbados's pigs, monumental arches, and how to rename a species. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. June 04, 2019 Castle Gardener Located around 500 yards off the coast of Cornwall, England, St. Michael’s Mount and its enormous medieval castle is in need of a new caretaker who has an excellent grasp of plantsmanship and the ability to abseil the battlements of a castle. Read More → Barbados’s Pigs The most mysterious inhabitants of Richard Ligon’s 17th-century map of Barbados are also the most banal: five curly tailed pigs. Even though the wild animals no longer inhabit the island, their true origins were unknown until now. Read more → Atlas Obscura Trips Lore of Southern England Join us next April for a five-day immersive exploration of southern England’s Dartmoor National Park. We’ll experience medieval villages, sprawling moors, and Bronze Age ruins, all while hearing about the enduring tales they’ve inspired. Learn more → Community Monumental Arches From the simple sweep of Missouri’s Gateway Arch, to the classical Arch of Constantine in Rome, monument arches never fail to inspire a bit of awe. Tell us about the incredible arches you’ve encountered. Share now → Renaming Species There’s no official system for renaming species with problematic namesakes and, because common names are often non-scientists’ only reference point for certain creatures, they tend to stick around. However one scientist is on a mission to rename the problematic Bobbit worm. Read more → Pantelleria, Italy Giardino Pantesco Over the millennia, ancient Pantellerians devised an amazingly clever fog-catching garden design known as the giardino Pantesco. The structure caught fog and blocked the wind, but still allowed enough sunlight in to nurture the crops inside. Read more → Sponsored by Travel Oregon Animating Oregon Instead of using film footage of Oregon’s attractions like hot-air balloons in the Willamette Valley and the crystalline waters of Crater Lake, a new ad campaign animates the state’s wonders by adding a touch of the fantastical. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222