caitlintjoyce's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

caitlintjoyce

PhD student studying sociology with a focus on gender/sexuality, and enjoyer of weird travel destinations. I especially like old cemeteries, ruins, funky old rocks, etc. From NJ, USA, and now living in Philadelphia. Slowly but surely uncovering more weird stuff in the city to add on this website!

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Newgrange

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

Linwood, New Jersey

Clara Glen Pet Cemetery

This quaint New Jersey graveyard is an eternal resting place for thousands of beloved pets.

Jane Weinhardt Goldberg

Added by Jane Weinhardt Goldberg

Rio Grande, New Jersey

Menz Restaurant & Bar

Come for the Italian food, stay for the taxidermy and giant statues.

sarahvail

Added by sarahvail

Cape May, New Jersey

Wreck of the S.S. Atlantus

The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.

Cape May, New Jersey

Bunker At Cape May Point

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

aboychuk

Added by aboychuk

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Foucault Pendulum at the Franklin Institute

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

hana

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia City Hall

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

daviddoochin

Added by daviddoochin

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Laurel Hill Cemetery

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

marksplatter

Added by marksplatter

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Elfreth's Alley

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

Added by jhnmcarthur

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cave of Kelpius

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

AaronNetsky

Added by AaronNetsky

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mütter Museum

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Added by mbison

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Eastern State Penitentiary

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Dylan