IJVin's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

IJVin

In 2006ish, I had my name on the high score board of a minigame or something on the Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom cabinet at the American Classic Arcade Museum in New Hampshire. // My picture is from the time I discovered the Small Town X Fisherman Statue in Maine in 2009. Some time later, I would add it to this very website.

https://iantheindescribable.substack.com

2016
joined atlas
obscura

countries
I've visited

places
I've been

places
I want to go

places
published

foods
I've tried

Leaderboard Highlights

IJVin's activity rankings

1^st

Places visited in Fairhaven, Massachusetts

1^st

Places added to New Bedford, Massachusetts

1^st

Places edited in Lancaster, California

2^nd

Places edited in Hull, Massachusetts

2^nd

Places edited in Winnemucca, Nevada

2^nd

Places edited in Three Rivers, California

3^rd

Places edited in Brisbane, Australia

3^rd

Places edited in Amherst, Massachusetts

3^rd

Places edited in Los Alamos, New Mexico

Rovaniemi, Finland

Rovaniemi's Arctic Circle Border

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Oxford, England

Martyr's Mark

The spot where three Protestant clergymen were burned at the stake during the reign of "Bloody Mary."

SEANETTA

Added by SEANETTA

Edinburgh, Scotland

The Writers' Museum

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

Added by Rachel Gould

Portland, Oregon

Portland's Windows of Wonders

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

bunnywithatoolbelt

Added by bunnywithatoolbelt

Asmara, Eritrea

Fiat Tagliero Service Station

Eritrea's futuristic gas station is a nod to Italy's fascist history.

harbard

Added by harbard

Provincetown, Massachusetts

The Pest House Cemetery

A 19th-century smallpox cemetery is being reclaimed by scrub forest and sand dunes.

Callmenemoplease

Added by Callmenemoplease

Washington, D.C.

Georgetown's Haunted Halcyon House

This stately mansion, built in 1787 by America's first Secretary of the Navy, is rumored to be one of the most haunted buildings in Washington, DC.

micahspangler

Added by micahspangler

Somerville, Massachusetts

Underwater Boston Tea Party

A little Lego easter egg is hidden underwater in the Boston Tea Party tableau at Miniland.

Added by Robert Rose

Sequoia National Park, California

General Sherman

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Isle of Shoals Humpbacks

One of 100 “Whaling Wall" murals painted in 13 different countries by a renowned marine life artist.

R Stemple

Added by R Stemple

Schattenhalb, Switzerland

The Reichenbach Falls

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

World Traveler Signpost

Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.

hana

Quincy, Massachusetts

Adams National Historical Park

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

Dustin Stonecipher

Added by Dustin Stonecipher

Giraffe Manor

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

Casa de Pilatos (Pilate's House)

A 16th-century Andalusian palace.

Added by akornblatt

Honolulu, Hawaii

Iolani Palace

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

Charles Fowler

Added by Charles Fowler

Ashland, Oregon

Allen Elizabethan Theatre

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

Added by elizabethvanbrocklin

Three Rivers, California

Moro Rock

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

Added by mtodd51

Palm Desert, California

Smiler's Point

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

Added by christianisgroovy

Truth or Consequences, New Mexico

Spaceport America

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

Ella Morton

Added by Ella Morton

New York, New York

The Former Home of New York's Playboy Club

A simple midtown bar was once the home of a secretive and exclusive club staffed by "bunnies" under Hefner's strict rules.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

Los Alamos, New Mexico

Bandelier National Monument

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

Added by amandawatson

Gävlebocken

If there is one thing you don't want to be in Sweden during Christmas, it's a Yule Goat.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Danvers, Massachusetts

Danvers State Hospital

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

Dylan