EricGrundhauser's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

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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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New York, New York

The New York Earth Room

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

Added by glitterbee

Mount Carroll, Illinois

Raven's Grin Inn

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

Added by dirtycricket

Kennecott Utah Copper-Bingham Canyon Mine

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Mary Nohl House

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

Added by peggysuicide

New York, New York

The Peace Fountain at Cathedral of St. John the Divine

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

Added by Delireus

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

TNT Area

These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.

Dave

St. Louis, Missouri

City Museum

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Added by kosack

Aristes, Pennsylvania

Centralia

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Dave

State College, Pennsylvania

Frost Entomological Museum

Penn State's giant bug collection.

Added by CPilgrim

Silver Spring, Maryland

National Museum of Health and Medicine

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

Dylan

Alliance, Nebraska

Carhenge

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

Added by CPilgrim

Antelope Island on the Great Salt Lake

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

Dylan

Catacombes de Paris

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Roswell, New Mexico

International UFO Museum and Research Center

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

Added by CPilgrim

Grand Saline, Texas

The Salt Palace

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.

Dylan

Garni Gorge

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

michelle

Added by michelle

Baraboo, Wisconsin

Circus World Museum

A large circus museum with summer performances.

michelle

Added by michelle

Schwangau, Germany

Neuschwanstein Castle

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

michelle

Added by michelle

Sami

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

michelle

Added by michelle

The Gates of Hell

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

Dylan

Tucson, Arizona

University of Arizona Mathematical Models Collection

A cabinet of curious mathematical models and old calculators.

Dylan

Les Escaldes, Andorra

The Andorran Model Museum

A museum of tiny buildings in the tiny country of Andorra.

Dylan

Culver City, California

The Museum of Jurassic Technology

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Dylan

Vienna, Austria

The Lost Garden of Schloss Schonbrunn

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

Dylan