Maryland’s Ghost Fleet is getting a second life

A 'space window', an ancient aqueduct, and the origins of stevia. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. July 18, 2019 Ghost Fleet Maryland’s Mallows Bay is home to a sodden, sprawling graveyard—the final resting place of roughly 200 boats, including about 100 wooden steamships known as the Ghost Fleet. After years of neglect, the rotting wrecks are getting a second life. Read More → ‘Space Window’ Fifty years ago this month, Apollo 11 left Earth, traveled through space and landed on the moon. A souvenir from that mission is embedded in a stained glass window at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Read more → From the archives Lost Art of Letterlocking In the centuries before envelopes, senders used folds, slits, and wax seals to guard correspondence from prying eyes. Read more → We strolled everywhere. At one point he showed me that I was standing on a Roman soldier’s grave, marked only by a circle of white stones... —holeshothunter Visit the forums→ Origins of Stevia Indigenous tribes from Guaraní lands have used ka’a he’e, a sweet wild herb known most commonly as stevia, for centuries. After numerous companies built an industry using the herb, the Guaraní are now fighting to take it back. Read more → GEA DE ALBARRACÍN, SPAIN Ancient Aqueduct Built in the first century BC, this series of water tunnels and channels between Albarracín and Cella in Aragon represents one of the most important examples of Roman hydraulic engineering in Spain. Read more → SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA, CHILE Pukará de Quitor Now in ruins, this pre-Columbian fortress city was so secure, it held off the Spanish conquistadors for over 20 years. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222