chrisbacke's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

chrisbacke

Chris Backe (rhymes with 'hockey') is the blogger behind One Weird Globe, a travel blog that focuses on the weird, bizarre, unique, and offbeat destinations around the world. He's written dozens of itineraries and guidebooks, and been seen on Atlas Obscura, io9, Fark, and Mental Floss. He's lived in South Korea, Thailand, and traveled across Europe, North America, South America, and parts of northern Africa.

https://www.oneweirdglobe.com

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Places edited in West Liberty, Ohio

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Places edited in Chiang Rai, Thailand

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Places edited in Niagara Falls, New York

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Places edited in Gyeongju, South Korea

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Places visited in Pattaya, Thailand

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Places visited in Kanchanaburi, Thailand

Seattle, Washington

Harry Partch's Musical Instruments

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

Jake Uitti

Added by Jake Uitti

Suwon, South Korea

Mr. Toilet House

The toilet-shaped house of South Korea's sanitation pioneer is now a museum to the john.

Added by bitstory

Warsaw Uprising Monument

A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe

Gyeongju, South Korea

Love Castle

This odd museum/art gallery embraces the physiological, zoological, and ethnographic side of sex.

Max Cortesi

Added by Max Cortesi

The Neon Museum

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

Added by burningtree

Bangkok, Thailand

Amulet Market

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

littlebrumble

Added by littlebrumble

Seattle, Washington

Belfry Oddities

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

Added by bradclifford

Hapcheon, South Korea

Tripitaka Koreana

Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

West Liberty, Ohio

Piatt Castles

This pair of eccentric Ohio castles were built by a pair of brothers who wanted to bring a bit of class to the Ohio wilderness.

Added by isabellkyrk

Lilburn, Georgia

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Atlanta

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

pyynk

Chiang Rai, Thailand

Baan Dam (Black House)

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

Baltimore, Maryland

The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum

Meet some of the most prominent figures in Black history through life-sized wax models.

Added by mbison

Queens, New York

Elevator Historical Society

Whether you're up or down, the Elevator Museum is worth a stop.

Oliver Hong

Added by Oliver Hong

New York, New York

John M. Mossman Lock Collection

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.

Added by Brook WilenskyLanford

Niagara Falls, New York

Niagara Science Museum

Collection of antique science instruments displayed in recreated 1870-1930 laboratories.