thomasharper's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

thomasharper

I am a computer programmer from near Pittsburgh. I have many domestic travel goals: the highest natural points of the 50 US states (37), as many US county highpoints as possible (92), US state capitals (30), Canadian provincial and territorial capitals (3), and Pennsylvania county seats (67 - COMPLETED), finding the strange, unique, and bizarre along the way. Internationally, I haven't been off of North America yet, but I wish to change that soon and do country highpoints as well.

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Places visited in Weston, West Virginia

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Places visited in Moundsville, West Virginia

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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

Maine Solar System Model

This massive solar system model is sprawled out across Maine's suburban wilderness.

Added by sbplama

Hartland, New Brunswick

Hartland Bridge

The world's longest covered bridge is a quaint and incredible wooden tunnel.

misswhite1

Added by misswhite1

Nackawic, New Brunswick

World's Largest Axe

The largest axe on the planet contains a time capsule that seems like it may never be discovered.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Paul Bunyan Statue

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Magneto Mural

The Master of Magnetism dominates the walls of a scrap metal yard to keep graffiti artists at bay.

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Avella, Pennsylvania

Meadowcroft Rockshelter

This Pennsylvania cave holds evidence of the oldest known inhabitants of North America.

Josh

North Adams, Massachusetts

Gunnar Schonbeck Exhibit

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

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Added by lewblank

Springfield, Illinois

Abraham Lincoln's Receiving Vault

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Homewood Cemetery

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

wickedwildflower

Added by wickedwildflower

Toronto, Ontario

Toronto Neighbourhood Watch Signs

The Incredible Hulk, Yoda, Mulder and Scully, and many many others watch over the mean streets of Toronto.

DKVVKD

Added by DKVVKD

Dripping Springs, Texas

Hamilton Pool

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Mark Casey

Added by Mark Casey

Frost Bank Tower

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

Spencer Darr

Added by Spencer Darr

Museum of the Weird

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Dylan

Congress Bridge Bats

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Dylan

Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador

Captain James Cook National Historic Site

A statue of the early navigator stands overlooking the land he first surveyed.

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Murals of Maxo Vanka

Long hidden under grime, the politically radical murals of a little known Yugoslavian master are finally getting their due.

Stephen J Taylor

Added by Stephen J Taylor

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Randyland

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

Added by dcooper

Buffalo, New York

Blue Sky Mausoleum

This unique crypt designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his longtime friend was not completed in either man's lifetime.

Added by bradleycastiglia

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Marathon of Hope Mile 0

Where a young athlete began his run across Canada after losing his right leg to cancer.

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Division No. 9, Subd. A, Newfoundland and Labrador

The Tablelands

This rocky spread has been squeezed up directly from the bowels of the earth.

Rob Tallia

Added by Rob Tallia

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Allegheny County Belt System

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

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Added by thomasharper

North Adams, Massachusetts

Harmonic Bridge

Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.

Farmington, Pennsylvania

Jumonville Glen

The site of the little-known Pennsylvania battle that sparked the Seven Years' War.

chrisblanchard98

Added by chrisblanchard98