Allison's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Allison

Allison is a former Senior Editor at Atlas Obscura, and their ongoing cemetery tour guide and aficionado. She works as a writer on art and overlooked history, and is an avid cemetery explorer. Originally from an Oklahoma oil town, she's now based in Brooklyn after living for a time in France. She likes monumental art installations of ephemeral beauty and minuscule cemeteries hidden in the city sprawl.

http://www.allisoncmeier.com

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Beaconsfield, England

Bekonscot Model Village

The world's oldest model village.

Added by Markophoto

Cooperstown, New York

The Cardiff Giant

A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.

Sam E

Green Bank, West Virginia

Green Bank Telescope

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

Ängelholm V, Sweden

Ängelholm UFO Memorial

A memorial to a Swedish hockey player's "encounter" with aliens.

Fiji Museum

Recently revamped museum of Fijian history located within a gorgeous colonial-era garden.

Père Lachaise Cemetery

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Added by meelar

Berkeley, California

Cesar Chavez Park

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

Rebekah Otto

Added by Rebekah Otto

New York, New York

The New York Earth Room

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

Added by glitterbee

Gliwice, Poland

Gliwice Radio Tower

Gliwice Radio Tower, likely the tallest wooden structure in the world.

New York, New York

The Peace Fountain at Cathedral of St. John the Divine

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

Added by Delireus

Livermore, California

Centennial Bulb

The longest burning light bulb in the world.

mrobscurity

Added by mrobscurity

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

TNT Area

These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.

Dave

London, England

Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

Josh

Aristes, Pennsylvania

Centralia

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Dave

Catacombes de Paris

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Stichting Nationaal Brilmuseum

The spectacular history of spectacles on display.

Added by CPilgrim

Lyme Regis, England

The Glowing Clams of Great Britain

A midnight snack that lights up the night.

Dylan

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Blaschka Glass Flowers

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Dylan

The Gates of Hell

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

Dylan

Vallehermoso, Spain

The Whistling Island

On La Gomera, "Silbadors" communicate in a 4,000-word language of whistles.

Josh

Tchirozérine, Niger

Last Tree of Ténéré

The most remote tree in the world survived desertification, but not a drunk truck driver.

Josh

Mir Diamond Mine

The world's second-largest excavated hole.

Josh

São Paulo, Brazil

Butantan Snake Institute

A snake farm famous for its venemous varieties.

Josh

Sea Organ

A musical instrument played by the sea.

Dylan