brianjmaxwell's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

brianjmaxwell

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Río Celeste

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Cerro Negro

The youngest volcano in Central America.

Josh

New York, New York

American Numismatic Society

Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.

Oliver Hong

Added by Oliver Hong

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

Franeker, Netherlands

Eisinga Planetarium

Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery.

michelle

Added by michelle

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Maillardet's Automaton

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

paulypaul

Added by paulypaul

Yachats, Oregon

Thor's Well

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Added by ekoptev

New Orleans, Louisiana

Abandoned Jazzland

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

Salt Lake City, Utah

The Pioneer Memorial Museum

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

K Cady

Added by K Cady

Monticello, Utah

Home of Truth

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

Added by mollyfaircloth

Mormon Genealogical Archives

Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.

Added by LongNow

Sego, Utah

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Rockville, Utah

Grafton Ghost Town

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

17 Room Ruin

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

JWill

Antelope Island on the Great Salt Lake

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

Dylan

New York, New York

Long Lines Building

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

littlebrumble

Added by littlebrumble

New York, New York

Preserved Remnants of 17th Century New York

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

Panguitch, Utah

The Cassidy Trail

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

Dr Alan P Newman

Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Trilobite Quarry

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

Dylan

Salt Lake City, Utah

Ralphael Plescia's "Christian School"

Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.

pieofthemonth

Added by pieofthemonth

Museum of Ancient Life

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

Josh

The "Up" House

A replica that won't float away.

atimian

Added by atimian

Kennecott Utah Copper-Bingham Canyon Mine

Largest man-made excavation on earth!