One of the largest Roman amphitheaters ever built is in Africa

An Idaho hermit hut, Middle Eastern posters, and America's deadliest tree. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. August 14, 2019 El Jem Amphitheatre Depending on how you measure it, this amphitheatre may be considered to be the third-largest ever, after the Colosseum in Rome and the destroyed amphitheater in Capua. Designed to seat a whopping crowd of 35,000 people, today it's both the largest and the best-preserved Roman amphitheater in Africa. Read More → Family Survival A new book captures the lives of one family’s life before, during, and after the reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia throughout the late 1970s. Read more → Atlas Obscura Trips Winter in Chernobyl Join us for a nine-day photography trip next January as we seek out Ukraine’s photogenic sights, from towering relics of Soviet power to hundred-year-old brickwork drains beneath the streets of Kyiv. While winter in Ukraine can be cold, the photographic rewards for visiting at this time of year are extraordinary. Learn more → Restoring a Hermit Hut A team of forest archaeologists and preservationists trekked into the Idaho wilderness to rebuild a century-old cabin once inhabited by “The Hermit of Impassable Canyon.” Read more → YouTube Channel Check out our YouTube channel to discover the ruins of an Estonian ghost town, meet the masterminds behind North Dakota's Enchanted Highway and Ohio's whimsical Temple of Tolerance, and more. Subscribe now → From the Archives America’s Deadliest Tree Do not eat, touch, or even inhale the air around Florida’s manchineel tree. Considered the most deadly tree in America, the toxins found in its sap make every part of the tree poisonous. Read more → LA PUENTE, CALIFORNIA Donut Hole Since 1968, residents of La Puente, California, have been satisfying their sweet cravings by driving right into a giant donut. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222