bruceincharlotte's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

bruceincharlotte

I travel a lot for work. Interesting places are interesting!

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Places visited in Carrabelle, Florida

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Cincinnati, Ohio

American Sign Museum

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

Added by Facebook667428407

Asheville, North Carolina

Biltmore McDonald's

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

lukefater

Added by lukefater

Munfordville, Kentucky

Kentucky's Stonehenge

A local scoured more than 1,000 acres for stone to create his masterpiece.

Added by tufneln

Landrum, South Carolina

Silver Springs Filling Station

Replica of an old Esso filling station, complete with Wayne gravity pump and outhouse.

Added by mackenzieprice13

Fairmont City, Illinois

Illinois Woodhenge

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

West Mineral, Kansas

Big Brutus

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

Added by michaelmecseri

Carthage, Missouri

Boots Court Motel

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

Added by retroalli

Hamer, South Carolina

South of the Border

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Added by mgward

Hartsville, South Carolina

The Last Yogi Bear Honey Fried Chicken Restaurant

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

Bacon McBeardy

Added by Bacon McBeardy

Sturgeon, Missouri

The Pinnacles

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

jusTodd

Added by jusTodd

Clarence, Missouri

Lyle Van Houten's Automotive Museum

This pristinely abandoned filling station on the edge of a graveyard is populated solely by unsettling mannequins.

Chelsea

Added by Chelsea

Casey, Illinois

World Records of Casey, Illinois

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

Added by tcox55

Effingham, Illinois

America's Largest Cross

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

thomasharper

Added by thomasharper

Oak Hill, West Virginia

Hank Williams Death Monument

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

Liz

Knoxville, Tennessee

Knoxville Weather Kiosk

Before TV meteorologists, there were weather kiosks. This may be the last one in the United States.

ScottWilliams

Added by ScottWilliams

Knoxville, Tennessee

S.S. Sultana Memorial

This stone memorial pays tribute to a massive shipwreck which was sadly overshadowed by the death of John Wilkes Booth.

Sarah Blake

Added by Sarah Blake

Yemassee, South Carolina

Old Sheldon Church Ruins

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

Added by lovatodaye

Charleston, South Carolina

Old Slave Mart

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

whitney8251

Added by whitney8251

Jekyll Island, Georgia

Horton House

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Funicolare Centrale

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

RHyzer

Added by RHyzer

Birthplace of the Pizza Margherita Plaque

A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Toledo Art Station

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Piè di Marmo (Marble Foot)

A massive marble foot is tucked away in a small alley near the Pantheon.

LatiumMirabile

Added by LatiumMirabile

Marianna, Florida

Florida Caverns State Park

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe