Raven Traveler's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

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I love traveling. When I have the opportunity to do so, I may crosscheck the "Atlas," to see what may be at my travel destination or along the way.

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Oakland, California

Lake Merritt's Bonsai Garden

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

elinar

Added by elinar

Vienna, Austria

Museum of Art Fakes

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

Added by ericjamieson

Mackinac Island, Michigan

Mackinac Island

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

Leslie McIntyre

Added by Leslie McIntyre

Berlin, Germany

Soviet Graffiti in the Reichstag

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

Elliot Carter

Added by Elliot Carter

Doganella di Ninfa, Italy

Gardens of Ninfa

Ruins of a 10th century church tucked away deep in a botanical garden.

kkcanary

Added by kkcanary

Chester, England

Minerva's Shrine

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

AZawacki

Added by AZawacki

Tucson, Arizona

Coit Museum of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

Added by mbison

Putty, Australia

Newnes Glow Worm Tunnel

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.

South San Francisco, California

Wind Harp

A large instrument played by the wind.

Added by mbison

Corryvreckan Whirlpool

Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.

ssm67alba

Added by ssm67alba

Caledon, Ontario

Cheltenham Badlands

These strikingly barren, rolling red hills were caused by bad farming practices.

JonFiddler

Added by JonFiddler

Garden of One Thousand Buddhas

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

Added by elizabethsandsadams

Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis Moon Tree

A 30-year-old Sycamore tree grown from a seed taken to the moon and back.

Mark Casey

Added by Mark Casey

New York, New York

Kenka

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

Oliver Hong

Added by Oliver Hong

Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Denali

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

thomasharper

Added by thomasharper

Renton, Washington

Jimi Hendrix Memorial

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

steedjb

Added by steedjb

Stockholm, Sweden

Stadsbiblioteket (Stockholm Public Library)

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

lyneeberger

Added by lyneeberger

Newtown, Connecticut

Fairfield Hills Hospital

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

Daniel

Added by Daniel

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta Botanical Garden

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

anle531

Added by anle531

Key Biscayne, Florida

Stiltsville

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

nbj914

Added by nbj914

St. Louis, Missouri

Turtle Playground

This is not your typical jungle gym.

EmilyYaMei

Added by EmilyYaMei

Ospedale delle Bambole (Doll Hospital)

A hospital where antique dolls are given new life.

Bridgeport, Connecticut

P.T. Barnum Museum

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

JWOcker

Added by JWOcker

White Oaks, New Mexico

No Scum Allowed Saloon

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

Added by syabek