Baseball Byways's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Baseball Byways

The two of us have been traveling around the United States since 2002 to see major and minor league baseball. Since it launched and to this day, we have used Atlas Obscura to plan our destinations between games. During the pandemic, however, we stopped updating our "Been Here" list. It is, after all, about going, not claiming to have gone.

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Places visited in Moundsville, West Virginia

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Places edited in Red Hook, New York

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Places visited in Tehachapi, California

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Places edited in Niagara Falls, New York

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Places edited in Wilmington, Delaware

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Mount Airy, North Carolina

The Grave of Chang and Eng Bunker

This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.

Added by devilmachine

Mount Airy, North Carolina

Mount Airy

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Sanford, North Carolina

Old Carbonton Dam

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

Added by chooch1andonly

Zebulon, North Carolina

Mercury Cougar

A giant cat slowly prowls the parking lot of Zebulon's car dealerships.

Motorcat

Added by Motorcat

Pittsboro, North Carolina

Clyde's Critter Crossing

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

Added by jessiefreese

Richmond, Virginia

Chimborazo Medical Museum

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

Alicia Bones

Added by Alicia Bones

Richmond, Virginia

Church Hill Tunnel

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

Mom0ja

Added by Mom0ja

Richmond, Virginia

Egyptian Building

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

Added by kararothenberg

Brooklyn, New York

Washington Park Wall

The unassuming structure was part of a Major League Baseball stadium.

Added by Michael Milo

Chicago, Illinois

Calumet Fisheries

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

rachelrummel

Added by rachelrummel

Buffalo, New York

Edward M. Cotter

This vessel is believed to be the oldest operating fireboat in the world.

Added by noeldtroll

St. Petersburg, Florida

Sunken Gardens

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Added by Marie Ginga

Ulele Fairyland Figures

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

sidesalad

Added by sidesalad

Parque Amigos de Jose Marti

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

Added by zlombardo

Tarpon Springs, Florida

Spongeorama Sponge Factory

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

jen487

Added by jen487

Clearwater, Florida

Clearwater Virgin Mary

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.

strictlyheather

Added by strictlyheather

New Orleans, Louisiana

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

San Diego, California

El Campo Santo Cemetery

This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.

Amy Bonaduce

Added by Amy Bonaduce

Townsend, Georgia

Memory Park Christ Chapel

Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.

Added by cicconerobot

Freeport, Maine

Freeport McDonald's

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

Bendboy

Added by Bendboy

New Orleans, Louisiana

Street Name Tiles of New Orleans

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

Rebecca Byrne

Added by Rebecca Byrne

Montevallo, Alabama

Pettus Randall Miniature Museum of American History

The permanent home of a 1960s traveling museum of tiny historical dioramas.

Added by haumart

Newport Beach, California

Bunnyhenge

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

leiris

Added by leiris

New York, New York

Pomander Walk

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

Oliver Hong

Added by Oliver Hong