The delicate and disappearing art of glove-making

Fukushima wildlife, socialist summer camp, and an abandoned power plant. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. January 24, 2020 Art of Glove-Making Jean Strazzeri, one of the last traditional glovemakers in France, views glove-making as more than a profession: It is a disappearing art form that needs to be saved at any cost. Read More → A Return to Fukushima Thousands of photographs recently revealed the resurgence of animal populations in Fukushima, Japan, where nearly a decade ago a nuclear disaster forced living creatures—human and bestial alike—to flee en masse. Read more → Sun, Fun, and Socialism Artek was once the exclusive summer destination for the children of the Soviet elite until 1956, when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev introduced an international session open to kids from around the world. But how did American kids wind up making campfires in the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War? Read more → Atlas Obscura Trips Explore Castles in Romania Spots on our Romania trip are selling fast. Come along on our journey through a fabled land of medieval fantasies. This May, we’ll explore enduring castles, from world-famous Bran to the massive Hunedoara. Learn more → Durham, England The Lanchester Diploma These 2,000-year-old pieces of metal are an ancient soldier's military discharge papers. Read more → San Agustín Etla, Mexico Abandoned Power Plant Once a hydroelectric station, La Planta is now abandoned and overrun with wildlife. Read more → From the archives Happy Little Paintings An inconspicuous warehouse in Herndon, Virginia, houses almost every painting, over 1,000 landscapes, ever created by Bob Ross on The Joy of Painting. Read more → Cabezuela del Valle, Spain Crystalline Pools Blue-green pools and smooth stones comprise Los Pilones, one of Spain’s most idyllic hidden wonders. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222