jenneide's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

jenneide

“My soul is impatient with itself, as with a bothersome child; its restlessness keeps growing and is forever the same. Everything interests me, but nothing holds me. I attend to everything, dreaming all the while.” Fernando Pessoa

www.dinkstravel.com

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Freeport, Maine

The Desert of Maine

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

Added by aloria

Tarpon Springs, Florida

The Hempcrete House

Florida’s first home built with eco-friendly hempcrete.

Lindsantiago

Added by Lindsantiago

St. Petersburg, Florida

Fairgrounds St. Pete

This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.

Michelle Cassidy

Added by Michelle Cassidy

Safety Harbor, Florida

Whimzeyland

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

KatieBush

Added by KatieBush

Southwest Harbor, Maine

Mount Desert Spring Blues Brothers

A decidedly out of place statue memorializes the Blues Brothers characters at this water bottling plant.

Bar Harbor, Maine

Jordan Pond Popovers

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

Abby Hanson

Added by Abby Hanson

Pelham, Tennessee

The Caverns

An ancient cave system in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills converted to a 1,200-person music venue.

lukefater

Added by lukefater

Caliente, Nevada

Delamar Ghost Town

The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.

Greg Johnson

Added by Greg Johnson

Palacio de Carondelet

Ecuador’s historic seat of government has been quietly looted in recent decades, and no one knows how or by whom.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Calle García Moreno

This historic street in Quito is known for its seven stone crosses—and one presidential assassination.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

San Diego, California

Louie Mattar’s Fabulous Car

One man's quest for the ultimate road trip vehicle.

e1savage

Added by e1savage

San Diego, California

Harper's Topiary Garden

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Umbrella Alley

Tucked away down this Baytown alley exists a one-of-a-kind art exhibit of technicolor umbrellas.

Added by skcrutcher

Smither Park

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

kfsnook

Added by kfsnook

Eclectic Menagerie Park

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

hymnherself

Added by hymnherself

Sturrock Cemetery

A 19th century family buried their dead among the pines, beneath gravestones styled after ancient Scottish cairns.

Forbidden Gardens

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

Added by peggysuicide

Beer Can House

Beer lover's can-covered house.

Added by mbison

Art Car Museum

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

Alicekh

Added by Alicekh

Destination Mound Town (Hermann Park Train Tunnel)

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

PaigeSeven

Added by PaigeSeven

Galveston, Texas

Betty Head Oleander Garden Park

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

Melissa Marshall

Added by Melissa Marshall

Post Office Bay

Since the 1700s, this old barrel has acted as a post box that relies on the kindness of travelers.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Tiputini Biodiversity Station

This research hub in the Amazon Rainforest is perched amid one of the world's most biologically diverse landscapes.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe

Tulcan, Ecuador

Tulcán Municipal Cemetery

This Ecuadorian cemetery is home to a jaw-dropping topiary wonderland.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser