Molly McBride Jacobson's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Molly McBride Jacobson

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Gdańsk, Poland

Old Prussian Hags of Northern Pomerania

These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.

AdamTKincaid

Added by AdamTKincaid

Zebulon, North Carolina

Mercury Cougar

A giant cat slowly prowls the parking lot of Zebulon's car dealerships.

Motorcat

Added by Motorcat

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Rua do Amendoim (Peanut Street)

Cars mysteriously roll uphill on this street.

Added by fernando

Tambon Tha Hin, Thailand

Phra Prang Sam Yot

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

Airdavid

Added by Airdavid

Montreal, Québec

Farine Five Roses Sign

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

StrangeLizzzy

Added by StrangeLizzzy

Basilique Notre-Dame-des-Victoires

A 400-year-old church covered floor to ceiling in ex-voto offerings from the faithful.

Lilai Licata

Added by Lilai Licata

Healdsburg, California

Coyote

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.

Added by AlpineJoe

Birmingham, England

Newman Brothers Coffin Works

England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.

Added by MsMoll

Peggy Guggenheim's Grave

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

Ashland, Oregon

Lithia Water Fountain

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

reinaasalas

Added by reinaasalas

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Tassen Museum of Bags and Purses

The largest collection of handbags in the world, the oldest of which were used to carry Bibles, primarily by men.

Added by k8bliz

Ponte Nossa, Italy

Crocodile at the Santuario Madonna delle Lacrime Immacolate

This church, better known for its weeping portrait of the Virgin Mary, also houses the world's oldest existing piece of taxidermy.

Max Cortesi

Added by Max Cortesi

Port Orange, Florida

The Last Resort Bar

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

hobgoblin

Added by hobgoblin

Toruń Gingerbread Museum

Once a giant gingerbread factory, this space now hosts exhibits and workshops on the historic treat.

AdamTKincaid

Added by AdamTKincaid

Sur Lípez, Bolivia

Salvador Dalí Desert

A desert that evokes the surreal.

tyler

Tabley, England

Cuckooland

This Cheshire museum has cuckoo clocks, a rare pipe organ and vintage motorbikes. But mostly cuckoo clocks.

Added by MrAmoeba

Hardeeville, South Carolina

Thelma and Louise

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

Added by alexandef

North Bend, Washington

Lester Ghost Town

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

Blindcolour

Added by Blindcolour

Jelling, Denmark

Jelling Viking Monuments

Mounds, rune stones, and a 1,000-year-old church, left behind by Denmark's first two kings.

Dettifoss

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

Skylodge

Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.

Added by mikaelaabma

Durham, North Carolina

V & E Simonetti Historic Tuba Collection

The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.

Added by heypeggy

Cincinnati, Ohio

Rookwood Ice Cream Parlor

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage train station tiles.

Thought and Sight

Added by Thought and Sight

Solovetskiy, Russia

Bolshoi Zayatsky Island

No one knows why ancient labyrinths were built on this tiny northern island.

Dylan