Michelle Cassidy's User Profile - Atlas Obscura
Yucca, Arizona

Area 66

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.
Las Vegas, Nevada

Dig This

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.
Province de Tinghir, Morocco

Todra Gorge

One of the most spectacular canyons in the world.
Muswellbrook, Australia

Big Blue Heeler

Standing in celebration of where the cattle dog was bred.
Coffs Harbour, Australia

Big Banana

One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.
Berlin, Germany

Spreepark

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
Wurmberg, Germany

Armschwinger

This unusual small wind turbine in Germany has only a single rotor blade.
Cobar, Australia

Big Beer Can

Can of beer on top of a Cobar hotel with a world record.
Vaihingen an der Enz, Germany

Powerline Eberdingen-Riet

20kV overhead line with a garland-like cable.
Tenerife, Spain

Mount Teide

According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.
Curitiba, Brazil

Curitiba Botanical Gardens

Solitary monument dedicated to the beauty of nature.
Essex, England

Angel Wine Tower

Thrilling and delicious complement to any dining experience.
Kew, Australia

Big Axe

Giant wood sculpture in Kew first constructed in 1979.
Kathmandu, Nepal

Swayambhunath Monkey Temple

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.
Duranbah, Australia

Big Avocado

Giant fruit signaling the entrance to a tropical paradise.
Yerrinbool, Australia

Big Apple

Entrance to a famous orchard with nine types of apples.
Sweetwater, Tennessee

Lost Sea

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.
Broken Hill, Australia

Big Ant

Designed by artist Pro Hart, built elsewhere in 1980.
New York, New York

John M. Mossman Lock Collection

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.
Belconnen, Australia

Giant Mushroom

Children's playground hidden under a big pink and blue cap.
Boston, Massachusetts

Tomb of the Mather Family

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.
California

Farallon Islands

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.
Bandiagara, Mali

Bandiagara Escarpment Cliff Dwellings

These homes carved into the mountains seem to defy the laws of nature.
London, England

Temple of Mithras

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.