Kris McCracken's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Kris McCracken

I fall down a lot.

http://thiswillhurtme.blogspot.com.au/

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Places visited in Treviso, Italy

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Places edited in Port Arthur, Australia

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Places visited in Taroona, Australia

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Places visited in Hobart, Australia

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Pekina, Australia

Magnetic Hill

When you get to Magnetic Hill park near the sign, put your vehicle in neutral gear, and watch it roll uphill...

Added by marlaina

Port Pirie, Australia

Port Pirie Barnacle Bill

Worship at the altar of seafood at this fish-and-chip shop housed inside the town's oldest stone church.

Rohini Chaki

Added by Rohini Chaki

Tailem Bend, Australia

Old Tailem Town

This pioneer village is like a time capsule of 19th-century Australia.

kate dinning

Added by kate dinning

Adelaide, Australia

Santos Museum of Economic Botany

A wealth of plants and horticultural curiosities fill this charmingly antique museum.

Edward Denny

Added by Edward Denny

Guildford, Australia

Dr. Russell's Imaginarium

This antique store and museum features unusual items from all corners of the world.

Added by Obscuravibes

Perth, Australia

The Perth Mint

This Western Australian mint was established during the height of the Australian gold rush.

Added by lockhartpreston

Perth, Australia

Bottle Cap Tree

Hundreds of people walk past this palm tree every day without spotting its secret.

Helen from Differentville

Added by Helen from Differentville

Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France

Zone Rouge

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France

Douaumont Ossuary

This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Chorsu Bazaar

Prowl through this sprawling bazaar under a massive Soviet-era dome for delicious eats.

Added by soloobscuro

Maralinga Tjarutja, Australia

Woomera Ground Zero for British Atomic Tests

This remote site in the Australian Outback is where the British government conducted atomic bomb tests in the 1950s.

Added by DownUnder

Tortoises of Kusu Island

Legend holds that a tortoise turned itself into this island to save two shipwrecked sailors.

KanaKiseki

Added by KanaKiseki

Long Ya Men

A replica of the lost rock cliff that was once significant in Singapore's maritime history.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

Marsiling Tunnels

These secretive tunnels were once the site of a Royal Air Force fuel reserve depot.

KanaKiseki

Added by KanaKiseki

Nirvana Memorial Garden

Surrounded by a serene and tranquil environment, this magnificent columbarium is the popular final resting place for many families to house their departed loved ones.

jacklim

Added by jacklim

The Singapore Stone

An undeciphered text is inscribed on a mysterious stone slab.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

Changi Jurassic Mile

A dinosaur-laden walking trail outside Singapore's Changi Airport.

Added by RiccardoDP

Chulalongkorn's Elephant Statue

This statue was a gift to commemorate the Thai monarch's first visit to a foreign land.

Added by tanahpek

Old Hill Street Police Station

Rainbow shutters decorate this former police station.

katielou106

Added by katielou106

'Place of Refuge'

According to fictional Kcymaerxthaereal history, a powerful woman with a voice whose beauty could not be concealed found solace at this site at the Majestic Hotel in Singapore.

jase

Berlin Wall in Singapore

Two panes of the massive Cold War artifact are on display at the National University of Singapore.

Added by arlene

Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery

The largest monastery in Singapore is home to a crematorium, a college, and one of Asia’s largest indoor Buddha statues.

Tan Yin Lin

Added by Tan Yin Lin

The Live Turtle and Tortoise Museum

Terrapins of all colors and shapes are quick to bring fascination (and possibly long life) at this museum.

Added by Swampthing

Syracuse, Italy

Fountain of Arethusa

According to Greek mythology, this natural spring is the home of a freshwater nymph.

Katie Ness

Added by Katie Ness