Is There a Place in America Where People Speak Without Accents?

Puffins, JFK's goat, and the Caterpillar Club. | [View in your browser] Aug 24, 2016 [Image] [Accent-Free American] [The search for a Stephen Colbert-style General American voice is more about our own perception and lack of understanding of linguistics.Â] [Image] [Puffin Patrol] [These cute seabirds spend their lives trying to eat delicious fish and breed among the coastal rocks. Unfortunately, humanity is threatening to drive them to extinction.Â] [Image] [JFK's Campaign Goat] [During his very first political race in 1946, the future president walked a billy goat around Boston and stole the city's heart.] [Image] [Cairo, Illinois] [A once-booming Mississippi River port has transformed into an eerie, mostly abandoned ghost town.] [Image] [What's the Caterpillar Club?] [The sole requirement for joining the Caterpillar Club is to make an emergency escape from a failing aircraft, then plummet to earth with the aid of a parachute.Â] [Image] [Evil Prime NumberÂ] [Belphegor's Prime was named after one of the seven princes of Hell, who is known primarily for tempting mortals with the gift of discovery and invention.Â] [Image] SPONSORED OFFER [Norwegian Cruise Line] [7-Day Caribbean cruise from $65 per day w/ Norwegian. Choose up to 5 free offers. Book now! Up to $2,800 in value.] [Image] Image of the day Just beyond Las Vegas are one of [Nevada’s most unique and unknown sights], the Seven Magic Mountains. The 30-foot fluorescent “totems” stand like brightly colored beacons lighting up the desert sky. (Photo: [Stephanie Vermillion]) [Image] [Share a Discovery] [ADD A PLACE TO THE ATLAS] [Image] [Facebook] [YouTube] [Twitter] [Instagram] [Pinterest] [View in Browser] • [Forward to a Friend] [atlasobscura.com] • [info@atlasobscura.com] 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222 [Unsubscribe] [{EMAIL}] Â