bryanwoerner's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

bryanwoerner

A fan of the obscure and out of the way places.

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Dr Pepper Museum

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Barcelona, Spain

Chocolate Museum

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

serflac

Added by serflac

Büsingen am Hochrhein, Germany

Büsingen Enclave

A remarkable two-country morph, this town is part of Germany legally but is by all other measures Swiss.

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Added by lewblank

Harmony, Minnesota

Niagara Cave

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

Redozzi

Added by Redozzi

Waterford, Pennsylvania

George Washington in a British Military Uniform

The only statue of its kind to commemorate Washington's beginnings as an officer of the British Colonial Militia.

TheLabRatKing

Added by TheLabRatKing

Royal Peacock Black Fire Opal Mine

Mine your own precious stones.

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Added by lewblank

Seattle, Washington

Hammering Man

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

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Added by lewblank

Enontekiö, Finland

Treriksröset

This lake-bound geographical marker sits at the point where three European countries intersect.

xoox

Blanchard, North Dakota

KVLY-TV Mast

This sky-high radio mast is formerly the tallest man-made structure in the world.

Cedar Creek, Texas

Pecan Pie Vending Machine

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

Meg

Crestline, California

Heart Rock Falls

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

kcmick

Added by kcmick

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Rodef Shalom Biblical Botanical Garden

This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.

LaughingCrow

Added by LaughingCrow

Donaueschingen, Germany

Donauquelle

The great Danube river starts here.

Ell Hughes

Added by Ell Hughes

Petersburg, Kentucky

USS Sachem Ruins

A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

treytatum

Added by treytatum

Polson, Montana

Miracle of America Museum

With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."

Molly McBride Jacobson

Added by Molly McBride Jacobson

What Cheer, Iowa

What Cheer

No one knows the origin of this small town’s unique name.

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Added by lewblank

Barskoon, Kyrgyzstan

Monument to Yuri Gagarin

A boulder carved into the shape of the cosmonaut's head.

Dylan

Green Gables, Prince Edward Island

Anne of Green Gables Museum

Go inside the house that inspired L. M. Montgomery to create one of literature's most beloved heroines.

misswhite1

Added by misswhite1

London, England

Hunterian Museum

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

Added by mbison

Washington, D.C.

Smithsonian Sushi Collection

Seemingly unremarkable items like empty sushi trays, chef hats, and freshness stickers are being preserved so future generations can look back on this beloved cultural import.

Elliot Carter

Added by Elliot Carter

Utrecht, Netherlands

Museum Speelklok

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

Added by emmaversteegh

Las Vegas, Nevada

Atomic Liquors

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

Nye County, Nevada

Sedan Crater

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

Added by jchris7588

Nye County, Nevada

Atomic Survival Town

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.