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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Stirling, Scotland

The King's Knot

These formal gardens were designed to be admired from the vantage point of the castle.

katielou106

Added by katielou106

Torre Velasca (Velasca Tower)

A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.

grahamstewartwalker

Added by grahamstewartwalker

Church of Santa Margherita

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Church of San Giacomo di Rialto

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Fort St. George

The first English fort built in India.

Added by sriramgopalan

San Thome Basilica

This Gothic-style church is reputedly built atop the remains of one of Jesus's apostles.

Added by lucasstrittmatter

Mahabalipuram, India

Krishna's Butter Ball

This precariously balanced boulder is said to be a hunk of stolen butter dropped by the gods.

Added by claude chappe

Statue of Liberty at Pont de Grenelle

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

Added by e23rutland

White Rock, British Columbia

The Great White Rock

Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.

Vancouver, British Columbia

'Girl in a Wetsuit'

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

canuck

Added by canuck

Christchurch, New Zealand

Re:START Mall

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

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Added by sporked

Huntly, New Zealand

DEKA Sign

This faded sign to nowhere is a beloved icon in New Zealand.

Meg

Mount Erebus

Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.

Dylan

ATK Rocket Garden

Dozens of rockets and missiles are on display outside a testing facility in the Utah desert.

slgwv

Moab Rock Shop

This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.

mikewalker

Added by mikewalker

Castle Valley, Utah

Fisher Towers

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

slgwv

Tusher Tunnel

A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.

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Hanksville, Utah

Hollow Mountain

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

raquelmellifera

Added by raquelmellifera

Sinclair Gas Station

This lonely gas station has stood at this location since 1917.

stumpa

Added by stumpa

Salt Lake City, Utah

Anderson Tower Monument

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.

Divamanda23

Added by Divamanda23

Boston, Massachusetts

New England Holocaust Memorial

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

Added by kollek

Boston, Massachusetts

Faneuil Hall Weathervane

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

Concord, Massachusetts

The Old Manse

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

Added by Rachel Gould

Boston, Massachusetts

Faneuil Hall

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.