ariadnemaze's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

ariadnemaze

Thanks, it has pockets! Cats, history, knitting, tech, plants. Like your cool grandma but with memes.

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London, England

Natural History Museum of London

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Allison

Added by Allison

Cambridge, England

The Eagle

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

Added by williamebrown

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Isa Lake

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

bgbaum

Added by bgbaum

Saltair

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

Added by zackofalltrades

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Synchronous Fireflies of the Great Smoky Mountains

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Dylan

Red Lodge, Montana

Remnants of the Smith Mine Disaster

Derelict buildings are all that remain of a complex at the site of one of the worst mining disasters in Montana history.

azhirsch

Added by azhirsch

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Grand Prismatic Spring

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

nintendoocho

Added by nintendoocho

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Morning Glory Pool

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

Dylan

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Old Faithful Geyser

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

Mark Casey

Added by Mark Casey

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

The Crow's Nest at the Old Faithful Inn

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

Added by Zigelko

Springdale, Utah

The Narrows

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

London, England

The Great Bed of Ware

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

AndolinaH

Added by AndolinaH

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

Washington, D.C.

Darth Vader Grotesque

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

Mark Casey

Added by Mark Casey

Arlington, Virginia

Rosslyn Metro Escalator

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

Added by Facebook1092450099

Washington, D.C.

Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

The Basque Block

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

Added by DoctorMoog42

Brussels, Belgium

Mini-Europe

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

anhie

Brussels, Belgium

The Atomium

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

Dylan

Brussels, Belgium

Manneken Pis

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Nottingham, England

Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

Added by NottsForest

Wiltshire, England

Stonehenge

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Claymore

Added by Claymore

Wiltshire, England

Avebury

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

Cambridge, England

Queens' College Moondial

A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.

Josh