Kevin OKeeffe's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Kevin OKeeffe

Born in Alabama, 1970. Lived in (primarily Northern) California, 1972-2011. Presently residing in eastern South Dakota.

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Places visited in South Dakota

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Places edited in Harrison, Nebraska

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Saugus, Massachusetts

Skull Cliff

The macabre graffiti spectacle in a quarry in a Massachusetts forest reservation.

JWOcker

Added by JWOcker

San Francisco, California

Palace of Fine Arts

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Santa Barbara, California

Knapp’s Castle

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

leiris

Added by leiris

Littlefield, Arizona

Pumpkin Spring Pool

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Flagstaff, Arizona

Coconino Lava River Cave

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

Mark Casey

Added by Mark Casey

Phil Campbell, Alabama

Dismals Canyon

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

Added by Facebook1234057031

Enterprise, Alabama

Boll Weevil Monument

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

Added by cornutt

The Oldest Chunk of Rock in the World

The 3.8 billion-year-old rock proves that tectonic plates may have been shifting longer than we thought.

Alicia Bones

Added by Alicia Bones

Humacao, Puerto Rico

Monkey Island

This small primate research island is teeming with playing, fighting wild monkeys.

Stromboli, Italy

Stromboli Island

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

Dylan

Antelope Island on the Great Salt Lake

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

Dylan

Nanwei, Micronesia

Nan Madol Ruins

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Seaside, Oregon

Tillamook Rock Lighthouse Columbarium

Where Nor'easters go to die.

littlebrumble

Added by littlebrumble

Mont Saint-Michel, France

Mont Saint-Michel

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Added by IanWhalen

Seaview, England

No Man's Land

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Ball's Pyramid

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

Dylan

Newquay, England

The Island, Newquay

Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.

Added by Facebook645044639

Stromboli, Italy

Strombolicchio Lighthouse

A petite white lighthouse perched on the ancient core of Stromboli Volcano.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Bouvet Island

This uninhabited volcanic island is the most remote in the world.

Added by cathar

Beacon, New York

Bannerman's Castle

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

anhie

Skellig Michael

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

Added by humanist

Monowi, Nebraska

Monowi, Nebraska

America's smallest town is run by its single citizen/mayor/librarian/bartender.

Josh

Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

The Grave of Ernest Shackleton

Final resting place of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.

PaperTiger

Added by PaperTiger

Rockall, Scotland

Rockall

British Empire's last territorial expansion, claimed by four countries.

PaperTiger

Added by PaperTiger