Kiri the Unicorn's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Kiri the Unicorn

Kiri the Unicorn is an avid amateur astronomer and self-professed science geek. He can occasionally be found giving impromptu observing sessions or hiking on trails in the Mid-Willamette Valley area.

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Vulcan, Alberta

Vulcan

Live long and prosper in Vulcan, Alberta.

canuck

Added by canuck

Sudbury, Ontario

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

A neutrino detector built into the largest man-made underground cavity in the world.

Dylan

Seattle, Washington

'A Sound Garden'

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

Kaukapakapa, New Zealand

Electrum

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.

Dylan

Hole in the Ground

Massive crater in central Oregon.

Alamogordo, New Mexico

New Mexico Museum of Space History

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

Leslie McIntyre

Added by Leslie McIntyre

Lovell, Wyoming

Bighorn Medicine Wheel

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

Trevor

Added by Trevor

Rapid City, South Dakota

Thunderhead Underground Falls

A waterfall 600 ft. inside a mountain, once the bane of gold miners, is now a spectacle of nature.

kcmick

Added by kcmick

Devils Tower, Wyoming

Devils Tower

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Added by ekoptev

Custer, South Dakota

Crazy Horse Memorial

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Kecksburg, Pennsylvania

Space Acorn

Pennsylvania's own Roswell-style UFO mystery.

Leslie McIntyre

Added by Leslie McIntyre

Friedrichshafen, Germany

Zeppelin Museum

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

Prague, Czechia

Prague Astronomical Clock

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

michelle

Added by michelle

Boulder City, Nevada

Hoover Dam Old Exhibit Building

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

michelle

Added by michelle

Fort Rock, Oregon

Fort Rock

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

canuck

Added by canuck

Lava River Cave

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

TrevorShawnElia

Added by TrevorShawnElia

Winslow, Arizona

Meteor Crater

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Rivière-Koksoak, Québec

Pingualuit Crater Lake

A lake in the middle of the tundra of Quebec is said to be the purest freshwater lake on Earth.

Portland, Oregon

Reed College Research Reactor

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

Genk Sundial Park

This collection of solar timekeepers includes the world's first digital sundial.

Josh

Stockholm, Sweden

Ytterby Mine

The single richest source of elemental discoveries in the world.

Super-Kamiokande

Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.

Trevor

Added by Trevor

Chios Rocket War

Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.

Chichen Itza, Mexico

El Caracol

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser