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EricGrundhauser

Director of Programming, Atlas Obscura Membership. Eric heads up Atlas Obscura's membership program, hosting and producing shows that bring our curious world to life! He lives in Brooklyn with his comic book collection. His work has been featured on Slate, NPR, Vanity Fair, The AV Club, Motherboard, Smithsonian, and a bunch of other places where reasonable content is sold. Helluva guy. Have any issues? eric@atlasobscura.com

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Seattle, Washington

Mox Boarding House

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

Seattle, Washington

Bop Street Records

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

London, England

Slate Cafe

If your school was decorated with trippy graffiti, served ambrosial coffee, and was frequented by mimes, it might have been similar to this groovy cafe.

'Ohe'o Gulch Pools (Seven Sacred Pools)

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

makanabender

Added by makanabender

Seattle, Washington

Edith Macefield's House

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

London, England

Banksy's 'Designated Graffiti Area'

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

London, England

Extreme Bike Course in Haggerston Park

Visit on a Sunday morning to see some killer tricks.

London, England

Town Hall Hotel

You will not be able to miss this building.

London, England

Hurwundeki Hair, Korean Cuisine, and Antique shop

Don't worry, they don't use antique scissors.

London, England

V&A Museum of Childhood

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

London, England

Weaver's Field

This lush area was the site of extensive enemy bombing during WWII.

London, England

Bethnal Green Working Men's Club

Where's a guy to go after a long, hard day at work?

Brooklyn, New York

12 Dead From Bad Moonshine

What’s a sure fire way to end up in jail in New York in the 1920s? Peddling bad moonshine.

Brooklyn, New York

Erie Basin

Compensation for the destruction of a historic shipyard.

Brooklyn, New York

Van Brunt St Fire House (H & L Engine Co 101, Engine 202)

Where there’s manufacturing, there’s fire!

Brooklyn, New York

The Red Hook Stores

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

Brooklyn, New York

New York Dock Co. buildings

Two monstrous warehouses. One now holds priceless works of art, the other stands abandoned and dilapidated.

Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Clay Retort and Fire Bricks Works Storehouse

The factory that helped produce a dominant form of lighting before Thomas Edison.

Brooklyn, New York

Red Hook Graving Docks

Once home to the country's most gargantuan ships, this graving dock now waits for people to buy furniture.

Brooklyn, New York

Mafia Executioner Albert Anastasia's 1920s Home

Where infamous mobster and leader of Murder Inc. Albert Anastasia made his home.

Dylan

New York, New York

Relics of the IRT 14th Street-Union Square Subway Local Platform

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

Leslie McIntyre

Added by Leslie McIntyre

Hohenwald, Tennessee

Meriwether Lewis Monument

This simple, broken column marks the final resting place of one of America's most famous explorers.

Added by thudson3055

Ketchikan, Alaska

Potlatch Totem Park

One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.

FoodieVic

Added by FoodieVic

Des Moines, Iowa

Zombie Burger + Drink Lab

This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.