Amy Dupcak's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Amy Dupcak

Writer, thinker, traveler who loves street art, urban exploration, light/sound installations, immersive theater, interactive sculptures, abandoned places, golden spirals, and old-school games.

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Brooklyn, New York

Admiral's Row

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

anhie

Museum of Soviet Arcade Games

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

Dampo

Al Farafrah, Egypt

White Desert

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

EmilyYaMei

Added by EmilyYaMei

Naucalpan, Mexico

El Nido de Quetzalcóatl

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

KirstenCunningham

Added by KirstenCunningham

London, England

Leake Street Graffiti Tunnel

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

Added by disastrophe

The Mad Colored Houses of Burano

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Added by laurajok

East Lothian, Scotland

Yester Castle

Ruined castle with subterranean vaulted Goblin Ha' or "Goblin Hall."

johnreppion

Added by johnreppion

City of the Dead

An endless sea of white conical domes.

Added by Tawsam

Kitakyushu, Japan

Wisteria Tunnel

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Added by Arundel

Poughkeepsie, New York

Hudson River State Hospital

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

Gin Minsky

Added by Gin Minsky

Detroit, Michigan

Heidelberg Project

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

Dylan

Hólmavík, Iceland

The Museum of Icelandic Sorcery & Witchcraft

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

Taipei City, Taiwan

Tuned Mass Damper of Taipei 101

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

Trevor

Added by Trevor

Vampire Café

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

serflac

Added by serflac

Ishinomaki, Japan

Cat Island

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Added by meredith

Northchurch, England

Grave of Peter, the Wild Boy of Hanover

"The Most Wonderful Wonder that ever appeared to the Wonder of the British Nation."

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Lupșa, Romania

Geamana, Romania

Even drowned in an ocean of toxic waste, the remnants of this Romanian village stand tall.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Grindavík, Iceland

Blue Lagoon

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

Allison

Added by Allison

Merenid Tombs

Crumbling necropolis set high above Fez.

dzamonja

Added by dzamonja

Luoxiagou

A canvas of crops grow from vibrant red soil in this terraced farmland.

serflac

Added by serflac

Alton, Illinois

World's Tallest Man Statue

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

Added by thescousewife

Marble Canyon, Arizona

The Wave

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Added by renakaba

Shaoguan, China

Mount Danxia

Unique geological formations in China, featuring some suggestive shapes.

serflac

Added by serflac

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Suoi Tien Cultural Theme Park

Have fun at the world's first Buddhist waterslide park.

Added by ilbonito