MFB's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

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Cave City, Kentucky

Dinosaur World

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

Takayama, Japan

Hida Takayama Teddy Bear Eco Village

A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.

Chrissy

Added by Chrissy

Anaconda, Montana

Washoe Theater

This tiny movie theater was the last one in the U.S. constructed in the Nuevo Deco architectural style.

PassionsandPlaces

Added by PassionsandPlaces

Shirakawa-mura, Japan

Shirakawa-go

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

Added by emikariley

Pacific Grove, California

Pacific Grove Butterfly House

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

Added by timd209

Cachi, Argentina

Ovnipuerto Cachi

A Swiss man built this airstrip for aliens because a UFO captain telepathically told him to.

Added by kelper

Boulder, Montana

Elkhorn Ghost Town

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

PassionsandPlaces

Added by PassionsandPlaces

Xiva, Uzbekistan

Walls of Itchan Kala

Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.

Max Cortesi

Added by Max Cortesi

Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

Schilthorn Piz Gloria

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

Added by graemelovell

Bristol, England

Clifton Rocks Railway

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.

Gavin

Red Chair

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

Added by Hansolo

Crow Canyon Petroglyphs

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

Added by syabek

Caledonia, Missouri

Amalgam Gallery of Art

This "little gallery in the middle of nowhere" is housed in a 170-year-old horse barn in the Missouri Ozarks.

chefjonemanuel

Added by chefjonemanuel

Excelsior, Minnesota

The Steamboat Minnehaha

This vintage "streetcar boat" lay at the bottom of Lake Minnetonka until the 1980s.

Dr Alan P Newman

Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Moss Landing, California

Elkhorn Slough

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

matthewtaub

Added by matthewtaub

Figueres, Spain

Technology Museum of l'Empordà

This overlooked museum houses an amazing collection of rare, antique typewriters.

JanPaul123

Added by JanPaul123

Skagway, Alaska

Arctic Brotherhood Hall

The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

Added by Cornchops

Topaz Museum

A museum in rural Utah documents the history of the Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated there.

WhiskeyBristles

Added by WhiskeyBristles

Trenton, New Jersey

Shaky Bridge

This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Added by asibley

Lincolnshire, England

Bowthorpe Oak

England’s ancient oak tree has such an impressive girth, people have been hosting parties within the hollow trunk for centuries.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Zacatecas, Mexico

Rafael Coronel Museum

Mexico's largest collection of masks is found in the ruins of an abandoned convent.

Mario Yair TS

Added by Mario Yair TS

Isle of Skye, Scotland

MV Glenachulish, Glenelg Skye Ferry

The last manually operated turntable ferry in the world.

Gavin

Poker Creek

The northernmost international land border crossing in the United States.

Edward Denny

Added by Edward Denny

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Frank Lloyd Wright's Burnham Block

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

davidplotz

Added by davidplotz