ianlefk's User Profile - Atlas Obscura
Places near me Random place
Leaderboard Highlights
ianlefk's activity rankings
1st
Places visited in Liberal, Kansas
1st
Places added to Kansas
1st
Places edited in Kansas
2nd
Places visited in Douglas, Arizona
2nd
Places added to Arizona
2nd
Places edited in Mississippi
3rd
Places added to Washington
3rd
Places edited in Wyoming
3rd
Places added to New Mexico
Loading map...
Tacoma, Washington

Job Carr Cabin Museum

This Old Town cabin tells the story of Tacoma's settlement through a replica of its first non-Native building.
Added by ianlefk
New York, New York

New Yorker Hotel

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.
Rachel Added by Rachel
Montreal, Québec

Jackie Robinson Mural

This public art pays homage to the baseball legend and civil rights icon and his time in Montreal.
Added by ianlefk
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Flaming Lips Alley

In Oklahoma City's Bricktown, there's a street that don't use jelly.
Added by ianlefk
El Paso, Texas

Magoffin Home

El Paso's only historic house museum is an adobe mansion built by a prominent multicultural borderlands family.
Added by ianlefk
Liberal, Kansas

Mid-America Air Museum

A former Army airfield is home to one of the largest aviation museums in America.
Added by ianlefk
Columbia, South Carolina

Hootie & The Blowfish Monument

One of the best-selling bar bands in American music history is commemorated in their hometown's Five Points neighborhood.
Added by ianlefk
Holbrook, Arizona

'Highway of Dreams' 1932 Studebaker

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.
Added by ianlefk
Norman, Oklahoma

National Weather Museum

This enthusiast-led facility is the only museum in the country dedicated to the preservation of weather artifacts.
Added by ianlefk
Tacoma, Washington

Spanish Steps

A Roman holiday is closer than you think when you use this 1916 staircase inspired by Rome's Piazza di Spagna.
Added by ianlefk
Pinedale, Wyoming

Museum of the Mountain Man

This rural museum highlights Wyoming's era of trapping and fur trades, and hosts the annual Green River Rendezvous in July.
Added by ianlefk
New York, New York

Shorakkopoch Rock

A large boulder marks the place where the island of Manhattan was purportedly "sold" to the Dutch.
lampbane Added by lampbane
New York, New York

Dyckman Farmhouse

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.
Tony Dunnell Added by Tony Dunnell
Tacoma, Washington

Old St. Peter's Church

The oldest remaining building in Tacoma was once the home of the "oldest bell tower" in America.
Added by ianlefk
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Meadow Gold Sign

This 1930s-era Route 66 Tulsa landmark was moved, restored, and filled with neon.
Added by ianlefk
Sioux City, Iowa

Palmer's Olde Tyme Candy Shoppe

This 19th century Sioux City candy company is the home of the Twin Bing, a historic, chocolate-covered treat.
Added by ianlefk
Liberal, Kansas

Mighty Samson of the Cimarron

Raised high above the Cimarron River, this 1,268-foot rail bridge followed a half-century of trainwrecks, bridge collapses, and an abandoned town.
Added by ianlefk
Tacoma, Washington

Tacoma Public Sundial

This municipal sundial has been keeping time along Tacoma's Commencement Bay since 1978.
Added by ianlefk
Chanute, Kansas

Chanute-Wright Brothers Memorial

This unusual sculpture honors the city's namesake, Octave Chanute, for his pioneering work in early aviation.
Added by ianlefk
Tacoma, Washington

'We Honor a Hero' Memorial

This statue honors Marvin Klegman, a heroic child who died while saving another boy's life in a 1949 earthquake, and shares his long untold story.
Added by ianlefk
Kilgore, Texas

East Texas Oil Museum

At this rural museum, visitors can experience "Boomtown U.S.A.," a lifelike re-creation of an oil boomtown in the 1930s.
Added by ianlefk
Rockaway Beach, Oregon

The Original Pronto Pup

Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.
Added by ianlefk
Three Forks, Montana

Missouri Headwaters State Park

The source of America's longest river is also a historical landmark and the start of a famous nude run.
Added by ianlefk
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

First Americans Museum

The largest single-building tribal cultural center in the U.S. is an expansive museum in Oklahoma City.
Added by colleencourtney c93b920e