The U.S.-Canada border dispute kept alive by a single family

A pincushion map of North America, the Church of the Resurrection, and landmark bells. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. October 03, 2019 The Last U.S.-Canada Border Dispute For centuries, the United States and Canada's only remaining land border dispute, which is over Machias Seal Island, a small island off the coast of Maine or of Grand Manan, has been kept alive by a single family. Read More → For Sale: Pincushion Map Only about two inches in diameter and still studded with eight pins, this silk pincushion featuring a 19th-century map of North America, is currently for sale. It probably began its life as an educational tool to teach British schoolgirls about geography. Read more → KAUNAS, LITHUANIA Church of the Resurrection The Christ’s Resurrection Church is a colossal, brilliantly white monolith made up of perfectly straight modernist lines. Reflecting Lithuania's turbulent and unpredictable history, it was used as a warehouse during the Nazi occupation of Lithuania and then as a radio factory under the Soviets. Read more → Community Landmark Bells The Korean Bell of Friendship in Los Angeles is truly a grand masterpiece, and across the Pacific on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow, sits possibly the largest bell in the world, the Tsar Bell. These are just two amazing bells from around the world. Now tell us about the ones you won't forget. Share now → Found: Ancient Carp Teeth A new study conducted on ancient carp teeth found on China’s oldest-known fish farm suggests that fish domestication actually began thousands of years earlier than previously believed, around 6,200 BC. Read more → MEXICO CITY, MEXICO Ottoman Clock This clock was gifted as a show of gratitude to Mexico in 1910 for its reception of migrants and refugees from territories encompassing what, at the time, was the Ottoman Empire. Read more → From our friends at Quartz Turning Chaos into Creativity A new book highlights how the Hebrew word balagan can help turn chaos into creativity by teaching us how to embrace disorder and mess rather than resist it. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222