BrandyBacon's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

BrandyBacon

Traveler, adventure-seeker, adrenaline junkie, I do it all, I love it all, I want to see it all. Sometimes the most extra-ordinary experience is in the most ordinary of places.

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BrandyBacon's activity rankings

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Places visited in Salem, Massachusetts

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Places added to Woonsocket, Rhode Island

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Places edited in Woonsocket, Rhode Island

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Places visited in Rhode Island

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Places visited in Newport, Rhode Island

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Places visited in Burlington, Vermont

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Places visited in Maine

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Places visited in Rockland, Maine

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Places visited in Worcester, Massachusetts

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Salem, Massachusetts

Stephen Phillips House

Built in 1821 using rooms from another estate, the Phillips House is the only historic home on scenic Chestnut Street open to the public.

TheDiscoveryService

Added by TheDiscoveryService

Salem, Massachusetts

Proctor's Ledge

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

bakedinthehole

Added by bakedinthehole

Providence, Rhode Island

Haven Brothers Diner

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

lukefater

Added by lukefater

Newport, Rhode Island

Belcourt Castle

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

Added by Raychael

Plymouth, Massachusetts

Pilgrim Hall Museum

This museum shines a light on the true Pilgrim experience in North America.

HistMA

Added by HistMA

Boston, Massachusetts

United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building

What may be Boston's finest Art Deco building, located in the city's Financial District.

Added by dsouth

Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester State Hospital

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

PhotoSarah

Added by PhotoSarah

Danvers, Massachusetts

Danvers State Hospital

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

Dylan

Millinocket, Maine

Pockwockamus Rock

This nature mural exists to protect the surrounding environment and its own canvas from destruction.

mikewalker

Added by mikewalker

Newport, Rhode Island

The White Horse Tavern

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

e1savage

Added by e1savage

Mount Desert, Maine

Bubble Rock

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

sharontlin

Added by sharontlin

Warwick, Rhode Island

Danger Bridge

Despite the name, this narrow bridge isn't very dangerous at all.

Olena Kagui

Added by Olena Kagui

Newport, Rhode Island

Hidden Train in a Cherub Relief

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

e1savage

Added by e1savage

Newport, Rhode Island

The Bells

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

Melissylvania

Added by Melissylvania

Million Dollar Birdhouse Wall

A collection of birdhouses await curious motorists and avian squatters.

Gavin

Rockland, Maine

The Center for Science, Leadership & Marine Research

On Hurricane Island, a former ghost town has been transformed into a forward-thinking research center.

Madhushree Ghosh

Added by Madhushree Ghosh

Portsmouth, Rhode Island

Green Animals Topiary Garden

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

littlebrumble

Added by littlebrumble

Providence, Rhode Island

Nori the Dragon

A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.

e1savage

Added by e1savage

Thomaston, Maine

Maine State Prison Showroom

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

Molly McBride Jacobson

Added by Molly McBride Jacobson

Norwalk, Connecticut

Stepford Wives Locations

Mansion and shopping center used in the 1975 film "The Stepford Wives."

JWOcker

Added by JWOcker

Boston, Massachusetts

Berkeley Weather Beacon

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

Sydney Rose

Added by Sydney Rose

Mattapoisett, Massachusetts

Salty the Seahorse

Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.

IJVin

Rochester, Massachusetts

Witch Rock

Haunted boulder in a front yard with a witch painted on it.

JWOcker

Added by JWOcker

Worcester, Massachusetts

Higgins Armory Museum

Once a private collection, now the only museum of arms and armor in the Western Hemisphere - CLOSED.

Added by talkstosocks