Mark Sommer's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Mark Sommer

Hey I'm Mark, I'm a artist/photographer from Sacramento, California. I've been traveling around the Western United States the past few years doing weekend trips wile I have been finishing my degree. I have been mainly using the travels with my friends and family as my focus in my work. I just love being out in the open.

https://www.williammarksommer.com/

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Detroit, Michigan

Ernie Harwell Park

This public baseball field is a beloved remainder from of one of the most historic stadiums in the country.

Added by DoctorMoog42

Detroit, Michigan

Michigan Theatre

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

nbj914

Added by nbj914

Ellicott City, Maryland

Enchanted Forest Theme Park

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

DuckMuscle

Added by DuckMuscle

Chicago, Illinois

Abandoned Brach's Candy Factory

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Lithia Springs, Georgia

The New Manchester Manufacturing Company

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

mrhogan67

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Ellicott City, Maryland

St. Mary's College

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

DuckMuscle

Added by DuckMuscle

Laurel, Maryland

Forest Haven Asylum

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

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."

Roswell, New Mexico

International UFO Museum and Research Center

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

Added by CPilgrim

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

Montezuma, New Mexico

Dwan Light Sanctuary

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

rosieate

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Nageezi, New Mexico

Chaco Culture National Historical Park

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

Mesa Verde National Park

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

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Dolores, Colorado

Canyons of the Ancients

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

Farmington, New Mexico

Bisti Badlands

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Taos, New Mexico

Taos Pueblo

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

serflac

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Saint-Georges-d'Oléron, France

Fort Boyard

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.

serflac

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Ellora Caves

This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.

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Murud Janjira fort

A nearly unconquerable island-fort in the Indian Ocean.

Gharapuri, India

Elephanta Caves

An extraordinary "City of Caves" carved from solid stone.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Blythe, California

Blythe Intaglios

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

Added by Doctor Don

Los Angeles, California

Watts Towers

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Added by Mary Marshall Fowler

Pacifica, California

Nike Missile Site SF-51

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

Vectrexer

Added by Vectrexer

Ra Paulette's Hand-Carved Caves

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

Josh