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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Places visited in Grass Valley, California

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Shatrunjaya Hill

A mecca for India's Jains.

Alicia Bones

Added by Alicia Bones

New York, New York

High Bridge

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

DuckMuscle

Added by DuckMuscle

Asahi Plaza Capsule Hotel

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

Kergin

Added by Kergin

Saint Peter's, Montserrat

Montserrat's City of Ash

A city continually buried under the ash of a volcano that has been erupting for more than 15 years.

Dylan

Okotoks, Alberta

Big Rock Erratic

This massive and unusual rock formation near Okotoks is the world's largest known glacial erratic.

canuck

Added by canuck

Palos de la Frontera, Spain

Rio Tinto (Red River)

Considered the birthplace of the Copper Age and Bronze Age, the river is tinted red from 5,000 years of mining.

Genki

Berlin, Germany

Propeller Island City Lodge

Come stay at a live-in art installation.

SofiaMaria

Added by SofiaMaria

The Tree of Knowledge

A shrine on the shores of the Tigris.

Added by brookwl

Truro, Massachusetts

North Truro Air Force Station

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

Added by Larry_McInnes

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Igor Fokin Memorial Sculpture

Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.

mmvk

Mundare, Alberta

The World's Largest Sausage

Massive kielbasa stands 42 feet tall and weighs in at 12,000 pounds.

canuck

Added by canuck

Cologne, Germany

Cologne's Love Locks Bridge

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

Church of Saint Simeon the Stylite

What is left of the pillar of Saint Simeon, the voluntary martyr who climbed the column to give his sermons, remaining perched there for thirty-seven years.

colindickey

Added by colindickey

Boston, Massachusetts

Metropolitan Waterworks Museum

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

mmvk

Mackinac Island, Michigan

Mackinac Island

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

Leslie McIntyre

Added by Leslie McIntyre

Agios Tychon, Cyprus

Ancient Sex Curse of Cyprus

Sex curse discovered on ancient tablet in Cyprus.

katiebaker4

Added by katiebaker4

Brooklyn, New York

Cacao Prieto

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

Leslie McIntyre

Added by Leslie McIntyre

Brooklyn, New York

Sunny's Bar

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

Leslie McIntyre

Added by Leslie McIntyre

Taichung City, Taiwan

Gulu Gulu

Paiwanese restaurant run by native indigenous Taiwanese singer songwriter, and home to a DIY arts-and-crafts folk garden.

Tanja M Laden

Added by Tanja M Laden

Hilversum, Netherlands

Pinetum Blijdenstein

Most complete collection of Gymnosperms in the world.

Lucretia

Added by Lucretia

The Hague, Netherlands

Capsule Hotel

Survival capsules find a second life as a unique hotel.

Kergin

Added by Kergin

San Francisco, California

Labyrinth at Land’s End

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Clayton, Georgia

"Eye of God" Rapid, Chattooga River

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

Added by Winoria

San Francisco, California

Mile Rocks Light

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

Tre