Rachel's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Rachel

In her off hours, she likes to travel, nosily explore every crevice and corner of whatever city she's in, and voraciously study the infinitely appealing subjects of plant identification, 18th and 19th century American history, plagues & diseases, mental illness, fringe groups, conspiracy theories, and crime & punishment. She collects books, pressed leaves, and cool things she finds on the ground. She carries an endless passion for the desert that is rivaled only by her adoration of the sea.

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Berkeley, California

Moe's Books

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

Elise

Pocatello, Idaho

Museum of Clean

A museum dedicated to the history and art of staying clean.

Added by amandawatson

Los Angeles, California

Robinson's Liberty Bells

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

Elise

Komiža, Croatia

Blue Cave of Bisevo

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

michelle

Added by michelle

Dzitnup, Mexico

Cenote Xkeken

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

serflac

Added by serflac

Balgarevo, Bulgaria

Cape Kaliakra

The site of many battles and tragedies, including the 40 maidens who leapt into the sea.

Darmon Richter

Added by Darmon Richter

Tomb of Christopher Columbus

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Qesm Al Wahat Ad Dakhlah, Egypt

Great Sand Sea Glass of the Libyan Desert

Even King Tut was intrigued by the glass of the Great Sand Sea.

Added by ekoptev

Gaddani, Pakistan

Ship Breaking Yard of Gadani

The third largest ship breaking yard in the world has created an eerie shipping graveyard in southern Pakistan.

Added by Tawsam

Tucson, Arizona

Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

Buffalo Bill Monument

A statue high in a hill that represents how Buffalo Bill got his name.

thomasharper

Added by thomasharper

Brooklyn, New York

Bushwick City Farms

Two community gardens under the elevated subway lines on a very busy commercial strip in Bushwick.

oriana

Added by oriana

Paju, South Korea

Third Tunnel of Aggression

Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.

atimian

Added by atimian

Yonaguni, Japan

Yonaguni-jima Kaitei Chikei (Yonaguni Monument)

The Yonaguni Monument, a natural formation or the Japanese Atlantis?

Josh

Washington, D.C.

Space Window at the Washington National Cathedral

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

Leslie McIntyre

Added by Leslie McIntyre

Gorki Leninskiye

Former estate of Lenin, now home to his death mask.

Allison

Added by Allison

The Aquarium Grotto Garden

A strange aquarium with stuffed fish, and almost no water for them to swim in.

Added by Asger Hunov

Pasona O2

Underground farm located in a former bank vault deep within the bowels of Tokyo's business district.

Leslie McIntyre

Added by Leslie McIntyre

Starcross, England

Starcross Engine House & Brunel’s Atmospheric Railway

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the great Victorian engineers, was the driving force behind the short-lived atmospheric railway.

Added by Vordenius

Aurland, Norway

Laerdal Tunnel

Longest road tunnel in the world features an air treatment plant and the illusion of daylight.

anhie

Calabasas, California

Malibu Hindu Temple

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

Elise

Haverhill, Massachusetts

Bradford College

A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Topanga, California

Great Wall of Topanga

You don't want to get caught in this trap--or do you?

Elise

Providence, Rhode Island

Fleur-De-Lys Studio

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser