Annetta Black's User Profile - Atlas Obscura
Leaderboard Highlights
Annetta Black's activity rankings
1st
Places visited in Albany, California
1st
Places added to California
1st
Places edited in San Francisco, California
2nd
Places added to San Antonio, Texas
2nd
Places edited in Milan, Italy
2nd
Places added to Milan, Italy
3rd
Places added to New Zealand
3rd
Places edited in British Columbia
3rd
Places added to Rome, Italy
Stromboli, Italy

Strombolicchio Lighthouse

A petite white lighthouse perched on the ancient core of Stromboli Volcano.
Calistoga, California

Calistoga Petrified Forest

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.
Milan, Italy

Leonardo's Horse - Il Cavallo dello Sforza

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.
Cornwall, England

Logan Rock of Treen

A legendary rocking stone, returned to its clifftop perch.
Niagara Falls, Ontario

Niagara Falls Whirlpool Aero Car

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.
Stra, Italy

Villa Pisani Labirinto

A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.
Bingen, Germany

Mouse Tower

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.
Anacapri, Italy

Grotta Azzurra (Blue Grotto)

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.
Austin, Texas

Austin Moonlight Towers

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.
Mesopotamos, Greece

Necromanteion of Ephyra

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.
Rome, Italy

The Mithraeum at Circus Maximus

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.
Ottrott, France

Secret Passages of Mont Sainte-Odile

An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.
Beverley, England

Beverley Messenger Rabbit

Lewis Carroll's White Rabbit or something else altogether?
Beverley, England

Beverley Sanctuary Stones

Marking the ancient boundaries of asylum around Beverley Minster.
Rome, Italy

Pyramid of Cestius

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.
Monterosso al Mare, Italy

Il Gigante

The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune.
Aralsk, Kazakhstan

Aral Sea

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.
Mountain View, California

Computer History Museum

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Elephant Clock

A faithful reproduction of Al-Jazari's enormous water clock.
London, England

Difference Engine #2

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.
England

Maunsell Army Sea Forts

Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.
Grenoble, France

Canard Digérateur de Vaucanson (Vaucanson's Digesting Duck)

Vaucanson's most famous automaton, brought back to life.
London, England

Broad Street Cholera Pump

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.
San Francisco, California

Albion Castle

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.