pfdeaver's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

pfdeaver

I have family on 3 continents, in England, and have traveled all but Africa and Antarctica, searching out unique, interesting and odd places. Atlas Obscura knows many of these places. Likewise, I could share a few!

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Places visited in East Molesey, England

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Places visited in Hilo, Hawaii

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Places visited in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

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Places visited in Huntsville, Alabama

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St. Helena Island, South Carolina

St. Helena Parish Chapel of Ease Ruins

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

Nassau, Bahamas

Queen's Staircase

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

Added by aarongoode

Walker County, Georgia

Fantastic Pit

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

East Molesey, England

The Great Vine

The world's largest grapevine has produced a delicious harvest at Hampton Court Palace for almost 250 years.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe

London, England

Temple Bar Memorial Dragon

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Hertfordshire, England

Magic Roundabout

A giant roundabout made up of six smaller roundabouts can befuddle the uninitiated.

Fuch77

Added by Fuch77

London, England

London's Lilliputian Police Station

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

Added by Facebook284003147

London, England

Leake Street Graffiti Tunnel

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

Added by disastrophe

Glastonbury, England

Glastonbury

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

Hamilton, Ontario

City of Waterfalls

With well over 130 falls and cascades to brag about, Hamilton, Ontario has earned its stripes as the waterfall capital of the world.

WorldGal

Added by WorldGal

Brisbane, Australia

Streets Beach

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Added by Fuaimneachadh

Memphis, Tennessee

House of Mews

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

Added by ERooker0126

Man Mo Temple Complex

A serene space tucked amid the skyscrapers of Hong Kong's bustling financial district.

Jaszmina Szendrey

Added by Jaszmina Szendrey

Huntsville, Alabama

MPTA-098

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

Added by Robert Rose

Huntsville, Alabama

K’REX

This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.

Added by Robert Rose

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Ruby Falls

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

vivianilene

Added by vivianilene

Lookout Mountain, Tennessee

Lookout Mountain Incline Railway

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

arc459

Added by arc459

Huntsville, Alabama

Pathfinder and the MPTA-ET

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

Added by Robert Rose

National Railway Museum York

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

Shambles of York

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis

Wiltshire, England

Stonehenge

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Claymore

Added by Claymore

Cherhill, England

Cherhill White Horse

The geoglyph once sported a glass bottle eye.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe

Tintern Abbey

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

Thomas Poston

Added by Thomas Poston

East Molesey, England

Anne Boleyn's Gateway

Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis