Rachel's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Rachel

In her off hours, she likes to travel, nosily explore every crevice and corner of whatever city she's in, and voraciously study the infinitely appealing subjects of plant identification, 18th and 19th century American history, plagues & diseases, mental illness, fringe groups, conspiracy theories, and crime & punishment. She collects books, pressed leaves, and cool things she finds on the ground. She carries an endless passion for the desert that is rivaled only by her adoration of the sea.

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San Diego, California

1895 Looff Carousel

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

Gregory T Janetka

Added by Gregory T Janetka

Humboldt County, California

Avenue of the Giants

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

journeylism

Added by journeylism

Borrego Springs, California

Galleta Meadows Estate

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

San Francisco, California

Seward Street Slides

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Los Angeles, California

Mosaic Tile House

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

rjhemedes

Added by rjhemedes

Twentynine Palms, California

Samuelson's Rocks

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

pyrokitten

Added by pyrokitten

Bodegas Güell

This whimsical winery by Antoni Gaudí looks ripped from the pages of a fairytale.

serflac

Added by serflac

Memphis, Tennessee

Earnestine & Hazel's

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

Pawleys Island, South Carolina

Alice Flagg's Grave

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.

whitney8251

Added by whitney8251

London, England

The London Dungeon

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Michelle Colburn

Added by Michelle Colburn

Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

CadaverFormosus

Added by CadaverFormosus

Washington, D.C.

The Exorcist Stairs

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

Leslie McIntyre

Added by Leslie McIntyre

Exeter, Rhode Island

Grave of Mercy Brown

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

JWOcker

Added by JWOcker

Chauchilla Cemetery

Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.

Dylan

Museum of Vampires

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

New Orleans, Louisiana

Marie Laveau's Tomb

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

Peninsula, Ohio

Helltown, Ohio

The tragic reality of a town riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

Monroe, Connecticut

The Warrens’ Occult Museum

A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world's most famous paranormal investigators.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Dymaxion Car at the National Automobile Museum

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

Allison

Added by Allison

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Evoluon

A UFO-shaped event building originally intended to be a science museum showcasing the future.

Beachcomber

Added by Beachcomber

Paju, South Korea

Heyri Art Valley

A thriving artist's wonderland located just 6 kilometers from Korea's DMZ.

journeylism

Added by journeylism

Dearborn, Michigan

Dymaxion House

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

Allison

Added by Allison

Bommayapalayam, India

Auroville

This experimental utopian "city of the future" in rural India may hold a dark secret.

Tetrapod Trackway

Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.

SkareMedia

Added by SkareMedia