bluceleste87's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

bluceleste87

Born in Lecco, Italia...parents moved to Phoenix, Arizona when I was 7...studied and currently living in Tucson, Arizona.

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Places visited in Ames, Iowa

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Places visited in Topeka, Kansas

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Barton Springs

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

Added by ianwoodshaw

Adrian E. Flatt, M.D., Hand Collection

This collection of bronze hands comes from astronauts, presidents, baseball greats, and more.

Added by erogers717

Gravesite of Clyde Barrow

The final resting place of infamous outlaw Clyde and Marvin Barrow.

Added by mckenzienick81

Hot Springs, Arkansas

The Arlington Hotel

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

seh256

Added by seh256

St. Louis, Missouri

Chuck Berry's House

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

AaronNetsky

Added by AaronNetsky

Chicago, Illinois

Calumet Fisheries

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

rachelrummel

Added by rachelrummel

Collinsville, Illinois

Cahokia Mounds

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

bradenh83

Added by bradenh83

Chicago, Illinois

Lower Lower Wacker Drive

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

Elliot Carter

Added by Elliot Carter

Chicago, Illinois

Confederate Mound

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

Tim Stafford

Added by Tim Stafford

Chicago, Illinois

The Violet Hour

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

Added by lizzieboyle

Dodgeville, Wisconsin

C-97 Stratofreighter at the Don Q Inn

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

arc459

Added by arc459

Dyersville, Iowa

Field of Dreams Movie Site

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

Added by Facebook550112500

Des Moines, Iowa

Pappajohn Sculpture Park

Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.

leiris

Added by leiris

Kansas City, Kansas

Huron Indian Cemetery

This sacred space and gathering spot for the Wyandot Nation has been the surrounded by controversy and confusion.

ACReynard

Added by ACReynard

Kansas City, Kansas

Jones Bar-B-Q Vending Machine

Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?

jdbender

Added by jdbender

Lawrence, Kansas

Comanche, Survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.

Added by afgustaf

Truckhenge

These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Kansas State Capitol Cupola

Journey up the capitol building's cupola for an amazing view of Topeka.

Added by spencersaints

Great Mural Wall of Topeka

Topeka has its own great wall, and it's covered in colorful images from the city's history.

Added by dloewenstein

Equality House

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

Added by Ahhting

Grave of Carrie Frances Kiene

A mysterious local has been dressing the child's grave for decades.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe

Plaza 1907 Cinema

The oldest purpose-built cinema still in operation also houses a museum of movie memorabilia.

backroadsphotog

Added by backroadsphotog

Cedar Point, Kansas

Graves of Maud and Gus Wagner

Homestead Cemetery hold the remains of the United States' first known professional tattoo artists.

Added by Jenna Dolecek

Wichita, Kansas

Original Pizza Hut

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

emmypimms

Added by emmypimms