Mark Loftin's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

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Mark Loftin

Thanks for reading my profile! My name is Mark, and I am a financial advisor and hobby musician in California's Bay Area. When Friday comes, I like to hit the open road. During my weekend road trips I like to hike, mountain bike and explore off-the-beaten path places.

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Collector, Australia

Dreamer's Gate

One man's artistic vision is a small town government's legal battle.

Sunnyvale, California

Libby's Water Tower

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

Eirik Gumeny

Added by Eirik Gumeny

Rayne, Louisiana

Wrong Way Cemetery

The above-ground crypts at this Catholic cemetery face north-south instead of the usual east-west.

Added by jamamiss

St. Louis, Missouri

USS Inaugural (1993-2013)

A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.

musicman

Added by musicman

Corvallis, Oregon

Corvallis Sidewalk Stamps

Contractors in this Oregon town have been stamping their names in sidewalks since 1908.

R Stemple

Added by R Stemple

San Diego, California

Whaley House

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

Atlanta, Georgia

Crypt of Civilization

The world's first time capsule lies behind a welded steel door in Atlanta.

mrobscurity

Added by mrobscurity

Atlanta, Georgia

CDC Museum

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

littlebrumble

Added by littlebrumble

Las Vegas, Nevada

Hand of Faith Gold Nugget

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

pollardld

Added by pollardld

Las Vegas, Nevada

Bugsy Siegel Monument

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis

Las Vegas, Nevada

Dig This

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.