Drought has revealed Spain’s long-submerged ‘Stonehenge’

Renaissance code breakers, Brooklyn's sunken submarine, and an abandoned train tunnel. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. September 10, 2019 Spain’s ‘Stonehenge’ The Dolmen of Guadalperal, the remains of a 7,000-year-old megalithic monument consisting of around 100 standing stones, has reemerged from the Valdecañas Reservoir for the first time in decades. Read More → Renaissance Code Breakers A cabal of early cryptographers helped the Renaissance Venetian government keep secrets and spy on enemies. Read more → Video Brooklyn’s Hidden Sunken Submarine Deep in Coney Island’s Gravesend Creek lies a mysterious homemade yellow submarine–a DIY project built in hopes of reaching the SS Andrea Doria shipwreck. We sent our co-founder Dylan Thuras on an epic quest to find it. Watch now → Menacing Tumbleweeds A relatively new, extra-large hybrid species of tumbleweed is putting down roots in California’s Central Valley. Because the vigorous plant will break off and spread seeds across its path, it shows no signs of stopping soon. Read more → Community Fantastic Fall Foliage From the upper New England epicenter to the lesser-known colors along the West Coast, there are terrific places all over the country, and even all across the world, to see the leaves change. Tell us about your favorite spots to discover fall colors. Share now → STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN Abandoned Train Tunnel This old overgrown train track and tunnel was used to help transport wounded soldiers to a secret underground hospital during World War II. Read more → Genome Geolocation Nearly a century and a half after it was caught, researchers may finally know where exactly a specimen of the western branded skipper was discovered. This is thanks to a study that used the butterfly’s genome to figure out its geography. Read more → CASTEL DI TORA, ITALY Ruins of Antuni On top of a hill near the artificial lake of Turano lies the semi-abandoned village of Antuni that was destroyed by U.S. bombings during World War II. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222