Searching for ‘spooklights’ in Southern Georgia

The many lives of Demogorgon, Baltimore’s lost cemetery, and more. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. October 29, 2019 Hunting for ‘Spooklights’ Picture yourself sitting in your car at midnight, alone on a dirt road in a rural southern town. It's quiet, and there's nothing to keep you awake but the hope of seeing a "spooklight." Also called will-o'-the-wisps, these mysterious, floating balls of light are associated with ghost stories around the world. Some say they resemble lanterns, and in the days before electricity, were said to lure travelers to their doom. Will one appear in modern-day Cogdell, Georgia? Read More → The Many Lives of Demogorgon Before Demogorgon appeared in Dungeons & Dragons and Stranger Things, this fearful figure stalked years of literature as a supposed father to Greek and Roman gods. But this deity isn’t Greek or Roman. In fact, “Demogorgon” wasn't even a real word until a medieval scribe made a major blunder. Read more → Atlas Obscura Trips Rome’s Music, Magic, and Secret Crypts Join us next March as we go behind Rome’s locked doors to discover the secrets of the Eternal City. During this seven-day trip, we'll gain unique access to private palazzos and gardens, the mausoleums of Roman emperors, restricted crypts on ancient islands, and more. Learn more → From the Archives Baltimore’s Lost Cemetery When Laurel Cemetery opened on the outskirts of Baltimore in 1852, it was supposed to become a place where the luminaries of Baltimore’s black community could be remembered forever. But after a food depot and discount department store replaced the graves and walkways in the 1950s, many wondered what really happened to the people buried there. Read more → NEW ZEALAND Spacecraft Cemetery As ships, stations, and other satellites come crashing down to Earth, many end up making planet-fall at the same spot in the Pacific Ocean just south of New Zealand. For years these downed science vessels have simply sunk down to the bottom of the sea in a place now known as the Spacecraft Cemetery. Read more → Sponsored by Mitsubishi Motors California’s Tuscan Olive Trees California's McEvoy Ranch is like no other ranch in the state. Since the early 90s, its farmers have been growing olives that actually got their start in Italy. The ranch's original owner had a deep love for Italian olive oil and was so determined to make the same flavors available right on her own property that she had trees imported from Tuscany. Watch now → CASTELLAMMARE DI STABIA, ITALY Villa San Marco For centuries, this large Roman villa remained hidden thanks to the same eruption that buried nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222