Leonardo I's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Leonardo I

Traveller, photographer, adventurer. Lived in 4 countries and travelled to 40 in search of the meaning of life. Turns out I found what I was looking for when my son was born.

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Places visited in Beatty, Nevada

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Places visited in Islamorada, Florida

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Places visited in Williston, Florida

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Places visited in Kabul, Afghanistan

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Places visited in Twentynine Palms, California

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Places visited in Tampa, Florida

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Montgomery, Alabama

Casket on the Steiner-Lobman Building

The whimsical construction on the roof has given rise to many a Montgomery myth about its contents.

planan

Added by planan

Tupelo, Mississippi

Elvis Presley Birthplace

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

jusTodd

Added by jusTodd

Memphis, Tennessee

Earnestine & Hazel's

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

Memphis, Tennessee

Silky O'Sullivan's

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

Memphis, Tennessee

Peabody Hotel Duck March

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

Memphis, Tennessee

The Jungle Room at Graceland

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

Molly McBride Jacobson

Added by Molly McBride Jacobson

North Little Rock, Arkansas

The Old Mill

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

leiris

Added by leiris

The Leaning Tower of Texas

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

Shamrock, Texas

U-Drop Inn

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

Added by Ashawnta

Weatherford, Oklahoma

Dead Woman's Crossing

This highway overpass was named after the tragic disappearance of a young mother who got mixed up with the wrong people.

Sarah Blake

Added by Sarah Blake

Okarche, Oklahoma

Eischen's Bar

Come for the fried chicken, stay for the history at Oklahoma's oldest bar.

andrea15

Added by andrea15

Popeye Statue

Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.

nbj914

Added by nbj914

Bigelow, Arkansas

Toad Suck

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

nbj914

Added by nbj914

Little Rock, Arkansas

White Water Tavern

This Little Rock legend has survived decades of rowdy crowds, three fires, and a zombie wedding.

Michael Inscoe

Added by Michael Inscoe

Roswell, New Mexico

International UFO Museum and Research Center

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

Added by CPilgrim

Roswell, New Mexico

Roswell McDonald's

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

VanessaMontalbano

Added by VanessaMontalbano

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Atis Rezistans

A macabre sculpture museum in the capital of Haiti fuses human bones with broken metal to create challenging contemporary art.

Darmon Richter

Added by Darmon Richter

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Bow & Arrow Brewing Co.

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

Diana Hubbell

Added by Diana Hubbell

Bosque, New Mexico

Bernardo Waterfowl Area

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

Added by syabek

Alamogordo, New Mexico

White Sands National Park

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Seth Teicher

Added by Seth Teicher

Alamogordo, New Mexico

PistachioLand: World's Largest Pistachio

This is one really big nut.

Added by parkclay

Carrizozo, New Mexico

'Intersection Point Zero'

This sculpture is intended to reset a person’s creativity.

Oddfab

Added by Oddfab

Lincoln, New Mexico

Lincoln County Courthouse

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

Added by renkessler

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Grave of Walter White

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

mikewalker

Added by mikewalker