Shawb1's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Shawb1

I love to travel. I've been to all 50 States and 6 Continents

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Places visited in Moab, Utah

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Places edited in McMurdo Station, Antarctica

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Places visited in Corinne, Utah

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Places visited in McMurdo Station, Antarctica

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Places visited in Cedar City, Utah

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Moqui Cave

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

Added by jooltman

Salt Lake City, Utah

Summum Pyramid

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

Factory Butte

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

Marin Stefani

Added by Marin Stefani

Salt Lake City, Utah

Victim of the Beast Gravestone

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

allteena

Added by allteena

Henrieville, Utah

Kodachrome Basin Spires

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

Added by robemberson

Museum of Ancient Life

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

Josh

Roots of Knowledge Stained Glass

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

Added by Kavya Ram Mohan

Mystic Hot Springs

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

Added by zackofalltrades

The Wahweap Hoodoos

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

lewblank

Added by lewblank

Trilobite Quarry

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

Dylan

17 Room Ruin

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

JWill

Green River, Utah

Goblin Valley State Park

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

leiris

Added by leiris

Fantasy Canyon

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

Added by David Crane

Carbon County, Utah

Nine Mile Canyon

Here, at the "world's longest art gallery," you'll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

Ryan Lamb

Added by Ryan Lamb

Wellington, New Zealand

Wellington Cable Car

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

Gavin

Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku, New Zealand

World's Loneliest Tree

The most remote tree in the world is more than 170 miles from its nearest neighbor.

Ellen Rykers

Added by Ellen Rykers

Wanaka, New Zealand

That Wanaka Tree

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

Blindcolour

Added by Blindcolour

Matamata, New Zealand

Hobbiton

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

World Traveler Signpost

Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.

hana

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Exposition Park Marker

A piece of baseball history is preserved in a Pittsburgh parking lot.

Added by jkgever

Hanksville, Utah

Mars Desert Research Station

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

Trevor

Added by Trevor

Elite Hall

Built in 1917, this building is home to the last working spring-loaded dance floor in Utah.

Added by awesomecam09

Jonesport, Maine

Maine Central Model Railroad

An elderly widow still operates the incredibly detailed model railroad she and her husband built by hand.

R Stemple

Added by R Stemple

The Oldest 45th Parallel Marker in the U.S.

A roadside park in eastern Maine first marked the halfway point between the equator and North Pole with a brass pin in 1896.

Added by Mainebagpipes