Judy Bat's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

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Judy Bat

Been a world traveler almost my whole life. Prefer the unusual and love the weird. Worked in the travel industry for 40 years

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Places visited in Saint Helena

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Places visited in North Vancouver, British Columbia

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Cambridge, Massachusetts

Blaschka Glass Flowers

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

Dylan

Ipswich, Massachusetts

Crane Mansion on Castle Hill

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

JWOcker

Added by JWOcker

Boston, Massachusetts

Old North Church

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Harvard Museum of Natural History

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

KHotspur

Added by KHotspur

Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts

Singing Beach at Manchester-By-The-Sea

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

treeswithknees

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Boston, Massachusetts

Boston's Old Burying Grounds

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Boston, Massachusetts

Mapparium Globe

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

michelle

Added by michelle

Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts

Martha's Vineyard Gingerbread Houses

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

Maria Valeria Diaz

Added by Maria Valeria Diaz

East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Komodo National Park

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

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T. A. Moulton Barn

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

jacksonhotaling

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Dresden, Germany

Grünes Gewölbe (Green Vault)

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

easydistance

Added by easydistance

Prague, Czechia

Old New Synagogue

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

ronin

Prague, Czechia

Old Jewish Cemetery

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

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Moscow Metro Stations

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

Added by rohancf

Laika Monument

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds)

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

Amber Fort

This opulent 16th-century Maharaja’s palace is a unique mix of Hindu and Muslim designs.

mariellen

Added by mariellen

Fatehpur Sikri, India

Fatehpur Sikri

An imperial fortress city that incorporated cultural elements from the entire Mughal empire, only to be abandoned the year it was finished.

mamallama

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Chimayo, New Mexico

El Santuario de Chimayo

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

thirdthreshold

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Los Cerrillos, New Mexico

Origami in the Garden

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

kristykountz

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Trinity Atomic Bomb Site

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

Shiprock, New Mexico

Shiprock

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

amboy

Carlsbad, New Mexico

Carlsbad Caverns

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Alamogordo, New Mexico

White Sands National Park

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Seth Teicher

Added by Seth Teicher