Found: a Japanese ghost town buried deep in a Canadian forest

Australia's pygmy possums, barber marina, and film sets that never left. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. September 25, 2019 Japanese Ghost Town After excavating intact, blue-and-white china rice bowls stamped "Made in Japan" in a British Columbia forest, archaeologists theorize they have found a ghost town once populated by 50 to 60 Japanese Canadians in the early 20th century. Read More → Starving Pygmy-Possums September is springtime in Australia, which means that thousands of mountain pygmy-possums are waking up ravenous after five months of hibernation in the Victorian Alps. They usually start feasting on the billions of bogong moths that migrate to the area, but two years ago, the moths stopped showing up. Read more → ELBERTA, ALABAMA Barber Marina This marina on the peninsula between Wolf Bay and Ingram Bayou, Alabama, is full of much more than boats. There’s a statue of a woman in the water, a classical Roman goddess surrounded by Corinthian columns, and even a fiberglass replica of Stonehenge. Read more → Community Film Sets That Never Left In the remote stretches of Tunisia, you can still find the remains of Lars Homestead, Luke Skywalker’s childhood home. There are many other film locations that can still be found all across the globe. Tell us about the greatest movie sets you’ve discovered. Share now → COPACABANA, BOLIVIA Iñaq Uyu The partially restored ruins of an ancient Incan convent overlook Lake Titicaca's Island of the Moon. Read more → STIRLING, SCOTLAND Martyrs' Memorial Nestled in among the many 17th- and 18th-century headstones of Old Town Cemetery in Stirling, Scotland, is a striking glass tribute to two sisters who suffered during Scotland's "Killing Time." Read more → Sponsored by Icelandair North Iceland’s Untamed Coast Iceland’s appeal goes well beyond the well-worn paths of Reykjavik, the Golden Circle, and the southern region's countryside. Travel to the untamed north along the Arctic Coast Way to discover otherworldly beauty—sans crowds—around every bend. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222