bryanwoerner's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

bryanwoerner

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

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National Railway Museum York

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

Port Townsend, Washington

Starrett House

The building features one of the last remaining free-floating spiral grand staircases in the U.S.

Added by christiandandrews

Paper Airplane Trail

This massive metal sculpture in the shape of a folded paper airplane overlooks a Utah mountain.

Mama Shotts

Added by Mama Shotts

Pierre-Châtel, France

La Pierre Percée

According to a local legend, this peculiar mountaintop rock formation is actually a demon that was turned into stone.

Patrick H

Added by Patrick H

Chicago, Illinois

Cosmic Ray Detectors

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

Added by dpalmer01

Dandenong South, Australia

Hotel Eastlink

A roadside hotel that you can’t stop at.

Gavin

Huaca Pucllana

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

leiris

Added by leiris

Provincia de Bongará, Peru

Gocta Waterfall

One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.

Dylan

Shrewsbury, Vermont

Clarendon Gorge Bridge

A cable-suspension footbridge that hangs high above the Mill River.

Added by puttyhead

Onsala Space Observatory

An impressive collection of massive radio satellites.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Lamoille, Nevada

Lamoille Canyon

Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.

slgwv

Las Vegas, Nevada

Bugsy Siegel Monument

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis

New Orleans, Louisiana

Museum of the American Cocktail

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

Oliver Hong

Added by Oliver Hong

Hamilton, Missouri

World's Largest Spool of Thread

Outside the Missouri Quilt Museum, this large spool has more than one million yards of thread—and counting.

Added by randinboord

Washington, D.C.

Chain Bridge Road School

A rare example of a rural school in Washington, D.C.

Added by blimpcaptain

Bucharest, Romania

Văcărești Natural Park

After sitting unused for decades, this abandoned communist infrastructure became a wildlife utopia.

Vegian

Added by Vegian

Erie Dinosaur Park

A Jurassic artscape composed of transmission casings and other mechanical parts.

backroadsphotog

Added by backroadsphotog

Iowa City, Iowa

'Sitting Man'

How did the 110-ton limestone statue cross the road?

Added by hintofaspark

Linville, North Carolina

Mile High Swinging Bridge

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

Laken Brooks

Added by Laken Brooks

The Museum Of Wonder

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

Added by brookitaspivey

Batumi, Georgia

Batumi Tower Ferris Wheel

The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.

hrnick

Added by hrnick

Fort Madison, Iowa

Fort Madison Bridge

At a mile long, the Fort Madison Bridge is the largest double-decker swing-span bridge in the world.

MazelTovCocktail

Added by MazelTovCocktail

Vienna, Austria

Stubentor Metro Station City Wall Remains

These relics of the city's past now exist as a prominent modern feature.

katielou106

Added by katielou106

New Orleans, Louisiana

Lakefront Airport

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

Added by Rachel Gould