bryanwoerner's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

bryanwoerner

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

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Grand Falls

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

WhiskeyBristles

Added by WhiskeyBristles

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe Botanical Garden

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of New Mexico’s ecology and culture.

steelmarket

Added by steelmarket

Brooklyn, New York

Spritz Cookie Gravestone

This recipe is set in stone.

lukefater

Added by lukefater

Las Vegas, Nevada

'The Mantis'

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

jessemiers

Added by jessemiers

Warrenton, Virginia

Cold War Museum

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

RoadUnraveled

Added by RoadUnraveled

Vienna, Austria

Flohmarkt Lager

Inside the corridors of this flea market, visitors are sure to find some obscure and odd treasures.

Raindropcatcher

Added by Raindropcatcher

Berlin, Germany

Onkel Toms Hütte (Uncle Tom's Cabin)

The 1852 novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" lends its name to a subway station, a street, and several shops on the edge of Berlin.

Daniel A Gross

Added by Daniel A Gross

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Iguana Bridge

This bridge over the River Cuale leads to a neighborhood that was once an escape for Hollywood's elite.

linkogecko

Added by linkogecko

Islamorada, Florida

History of Diving Museum

A unique collection of diving equipment spanning antiquity to the present day.

Added by Savager

Tucson, Arizona

Gadsden Pacific Toy Train Museum

An amazing collection of model trains, collectibles, and artifacts that span the last 100 years.

Added by jeffreyswanson

Cuenca, Ecuador

Museo Pumapungo (Pumapungo Museum)

This museum’s collection includes rescued birds, fine art, and a collection of shrunken heads.

Scott Mansfield

Added by Scott Mansfield

New York, New York

Albertine

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

Added by yayanzhang

Antwerp, Belgium

Cafe Beveren

This small corner bar is home to a rare 1930s dance organ that still plays tunes for one Euro.

Sam OBrien

Added by Sam OBrien

Valencia, Spain

Torre Miramar (Miramar Tower)

This abandoned viewing platform has become a monument to unnecessary government spending.

khughes93

Added by khughes93

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Face in the Window at St. Paul's Church

The profile of one ill-fated deacon was emblazoned forever on this church window during the Halifax explosion.

pjrussell

Added by pjrussell

The Most Expensive Galician Restaurant

Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

larissahayden

Added by larissahayden

Seattle, Washington

Denny Substation

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

tjmuehleman

Added by tjmuehleman

Jordans, England

William Penn’s Grave

The remains of the man who founded Pennsylvania lie in an unassuming grave in the English countryside.

Added by DenverApplehans

Munich, Germany

Westfriedhof Station

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

oliviacashman95

Added by oliviacashman95

Whitman, Massachusetts

The Toll House Inn

This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.

Added by mattyice

Boston, Massachusetts

The Last Tenement

The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

Added by dsouth

Kaukauna, Wisconsin

This Big One

The remnants of this Douglas fir predate Columbus's arrival in North America.

Added by crystal korth

Mexico City, Mexico

Universidad 1601

Legend says the building's unusual features were added at the request of a paranoid president.

Mario Yair TS

Added by Mario Yair TS

Danville, Kentucky

The Great American Dollhouse Museum

This museum of miniature displays provides a journey through early American history.

lori3