The brief, baffling life of an accidental NYC neighborhood

America’s oldest boat shop, Jane Austen’s grisly account of 19th-century dentistry, and more. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. October 18, 2019 Accidental Neighborhood Located near the border of Queens and Brooklyn beside Newtown Creek, the area known as Haberman has always been there, and yet has always had a population of zero. Its name was leftover from a defunct train station, an example of how a simple mistake when digitizing places in old maps can have the potential to create new ones. Read More → America’s Oldest Boat Shop Founded by Simeon Lowell in 1793, America’s oldest continuously operating boat shop was kept in the Lowell family for seven generations until 1976. Located in Amesbury, Massachusetts, the shop is also a national landmark and a working museum that commemorates the Lowell family’s enduring place in the maritime industry over two centuries. Read more → Atlas Obscura Trips Bat Caves and Beyond Join us next May on an illuminating four-day journey into the caves, karsts, and aquifers of central Texas. Alongside local experts and bat biologists, we’ll witness firsthand how bats help maintain balance within the Hill Country’s fragile ecosystem. Learn more → HUNZA NAGAR, PAKISTAN Attabad Lake This mountain lake in Northern Pakistan was created in the wake of a natural disaster. Its dazzlingly blue hue appears in spring and early summer when mountain meltwater deposits glacial silt into the water. Read more → Jane Austen’s Grisly Dentistry Account A letter featuring Jane Austen’s experience with the dark side of 19th-century dentistry will be up for auction next week. It contains grisly accounts of her nieces getting teeth filled and extracted–a procedure that was unregulated and, according to the sound of their screams, extremely painful. Read more → CIVITA, ITALY Civita di Bagnoregio Resting atop a lovely volcanic tower, the small town of Civita di Bagnoregio has survived centuries clinging to its high perch. But as the soft clay ground on its sides erodes, both ground footage and architecture are at risk of being lost. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222