cyccommute's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

cyccommute

Colorado native, flyfisherman, touring bicyclist. I've been wandering in the odd places of Colorado and the rest of the US all my life, many of them from the saddle of a bicycle and under my own power. Atlas Obscura will help me find even more obscure places.

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Kemmerer, Wyoming

JCPenney Mother Store

One of America's largest retail chains got its start in one of its most remote rural destinations.

Added by ianlefk

Bisbee, Arizona

Copper Queen Hotel

This Old West hotel, the longest in continuous operation in the state of Arizona, is claimed to be haunted.

Added by ianlefk

Tucson, Arizona

Javier Javelina On a Tandem

First Joe Pagac sculpture; sculpture reflects native Tucson wildlife in an urban setting.

Added by ovdragonman

Grand Canyon Village, Arizona

Tusayan Ruin

This Native American settlement dates back to the Pueblo II period.

Dr Alan P Newman

Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Tucson, Arizona

Bowen Stone House Ruins

The remains of this rugged homestead ranch offer a brief glimpse into a bygone era.

rickbbiking

Added by rickbbiking

Benson, Arizona

Kartchner Caverns

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

Added by TedTschopp

Silver City, New Mexico

The Big Ditch

This small canyon park was once the main street of Silver City—until a flood washed it away.

mikewalker

Added by mikewalker

Las Cruces, New Mexico

Space Murals Museum

The entire history of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program is painted on an enormous roadside water tank.

Added by ianlefk

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Tumbleweed Snowman

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

Eirik Gumeny

Added by Eirik Gumeny

Las Cruces, New Mexico

Recycled Roadrunner Statue

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

Jane Weinhardt Goldberg

Added by Jane Weinhardt Goldberg

Lordsburg, New Mexico

Shakespeare Ghost Town

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

aliseponsero

Added by aliseponsero

Alamogordo, New Mexico

White Sands National Park

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Seth Teicher

Added by Seth Teicher

Duncan, British Columbia

World's Largest Hockey Stick & Puck

Canada shows its hockey pride with a giant stick.

Kalkaska, Michigan

National Trout Memorial

This tremendous trout welcomes visitors to a northern Michigan town with a rich fishing history.

rickbbiking

Added by rickbbiking

Paradise, Michigan

Tahquamenon Falls

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

irltrent

Added by irltrent

Baraboo, Wisconsin

International Clown Hall of Fame

This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.

Longinus Balo

Added by Longinus Balo

Jean Cocteau's Stained Glass Windows

A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.

Added by georgiefhj

Pont de la Concorde

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

Allison

Added by Allison

Statue Le Rhinoceros

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Water Tank Beneath Palais Garnier

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

AaronNetsky

Added by AaronNetsky

Montmartre Funicular

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Jules Lavirotte's 29 Avenue Rapp

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

Koblenz, Germany

Augenroller (Eye Roller)

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

Added by pauldbentz

Koblenz, Germany

Schängelbrunnen

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

Added by pauldbentz