MattB's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

MattB

Curator of the Minnesota Museum of the Mississippi and Other Natural Wonders

http://www.mnmuseumofthems.org

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Sausalito, California

The Bay Model

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

Added by sarahbenson

Shanghai, China

Shanghai's 1933 Slaughterhouse

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.

Dylan

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Kunstkamera (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography)

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

Lunarsynthesis

Added by Lunarsynthesis

Irkutsk, Russia

Nikita's Guesthouse on Olkhon Island

Intricate wood carvings on an island in Siberia.

Dampo

Ulan-Ude, Russia

Giant Lenin Head of Ulan-Ude

This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia.

Dylan

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

The Zaisan Memorial

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

Dampo

Tsar Bell

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

ronin

Miniature Moscow

Back in the tiny USSR.

KaliaK

Added by KaliaK

Holbrook, Arizona

The Wigwam Village #6

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

Added by AnnaFiddler

Williams, Arizona

Flintstones Bedrock City

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

violeteloiv

Added by violeteloiv

Arcosanti

An urban laboratory.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Burke & Hare Murder Dolls

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Santa Monica, California

Route 66 End of the Trail Sign

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

La Crosse, Wisconsin

World's Largest Six-Pack

Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.

Added by Facebook48605703

St. Louis, Missouri

Old St. Louis County Courthouse

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

chelseadeptula

Added by chelseadeptula

Taos, New Mexico

Taos Pueblo

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

serflac

Added by serflac

Titusville, Florida

NASA Vehicle Assembly Building

A building so large that it has its own weather.

Trevor

Added by Trevor

Mammoth Cave, Kentucky

Mammoth Cave

The world's longest known cave system.

Added by urk1971

Detroit, Michigan

Michigan Central Station

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Detroit, Michigan

Giant Boxing Arm of Joe Louis

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

nbj914

Added by nbj914

Detroit, Michigan

Michigan Theatre

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

nbj914

Added by nbj914

Devils Tower, Wyoming

Devils Tower

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Added by ekoptev

San Antonio de Pichincha, Ecuador

Middle of the World

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

San Antonio de Pichincha, Ecuador

Intiñan Solar Museum

Home of the "true" equator.

Added by angzilla