RedHotRutabaga's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

RedHotRutabaga

2020
joined atlas
obscura

countries
I've visited

places
I've been

places
I want to go

places
published

Leaderboard Highlights

RedHotRutabaga's activity rankings

1^st

Places edited in Cooperstown, New York

4^th

Places edited in Arco, Idaho

4^th

Places edited in Hamilton Township, New Jersey

Loading map...

Wilmington, Delaware

Ebright Azimuth

The highest point in Delaware is located under a trailer so this marker across the street will have to do.

thomasharper

Added by thomasharper

Lewes, Delaware

Bunkers of Cape Henlopen State Park

World War II-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers.

dogfishhead

Added by dogfishhead

Blackfoot, Idaho

Idaho Potato Museum

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

Added by mreniche

Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

Added by sideshowilly

North Ogden, Utah

Stump Spring

Water flowed out of the town's unusual tree stump fountain in the 1930s, and the well still runs today.

Added by hwalker587

Star Noodle Dragon

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.

kjmoore12

Added by kjmoore12

Andersen Air Force Base

Launchpad for the US military’s dead mouse operation to battle millions of snakes.

Meadow Hot Springs

This set of three large, volcanic hot springs is a favorite haunt for intrepid divers.

Added by ppmer011

Territorial Statehouse State Park Museum

The only completed wing of Utah's first capitol is filled with artifacts and odd stories about its past.

Added by hwalker587

Lucin

This former rail stop in Utah was abandoned, repopulated by some nostalgic friends, and now is home to a single DIY aviator who lives in a hangar.

Added by zackofalltrades

Home of the Brave

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

Evan Nicole Brown

Added by Evan Nicole Brown

Metaphor: The Tree of Utah

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

Added by emallen

Huntsville, Utah

Shooting Star Saloon

Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.

Added by mikefine

Monticello, Utah

Church Rock

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

Added by zackofalltrades

Grantsville, Utah

Iosepa Ghost Town

A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.

Meg

Eccles Dinosaur Park

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

KaliaK

Added by KaliaK

Salt Lake City, Utah

Gilgal Sculpture Garden

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

Antelope Island on the Great Salt Lake

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

Dylan

Bonneville Salt Flats / Bonneville Speedway

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

Added by zackofalltrades

Teec Nos Pos, Utah

Four Corners Monument

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

Added by mightyquinn

Delmar, Maryland

Transpeninsular Midpoint Marker

The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.

WhiskeyBristles

Added by WhiskeyBristles

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Monongahela Incline

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Added by brickhound

Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania

The Sonorous Stones of Ringing Rocks Park

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

Dylan

Cooperstown, New York

Kingfisher Tower

A sewing machine tycoon built this miniature castle for the people and to beautify a lakeshore.

Brianna Jolie

Added by Brianna Jolie