rugby007's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

rugby007

One who likes to take the scenic route, avoid the express, and see things that not a lotta other folks have seen.

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Morro Bay, California

Morro Rock

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

Added by zackofalltrades

Kansas City, Missouri

SubTropolis

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

Dylan

North Miami Beach, Florida

The Cloisters of the Ancient Spanish Monastery

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

rebeccaclara

Added by rebeccaclara

Green Bank, West Virginia

Green Bank: A Town for 'Wi-Fi Refugees'

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

Mark Casey

Added by Mark Casey

Bucksport, Maine

Cursed Memorial of Colonel Buck

Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.

JWOcker

Added by JWOcker

Wiltshire, England

Stonehenge

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Claymore

Added by Claymore

Stephen King's Former House

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

JWOcker

Added by JWOcker

Miami Beach, Florida

The Wolfsonian-FIU

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

katiebaker4

Added by katiebaker4

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Leslie Nielsen's Gravesite

A self-explanatory attraction allows fans to respectfully remember and honor a comedy legend.

Added by dylansko

New Windsor, New York

Storm King Art Center

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

aboychuk

Added by aboychuk

Cannon Beach, Oregon

Haystack Rock

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

SamM

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

Added by Facebook559800373

Junction City, Kansas

Atomic Annie

A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

Added by NobleRot

Burlington, Vermont

Tallest Filing Cabinet on Earth

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

Lily Landes

Added by Lily Landes

Miami Beach, Florida

World Erotic Art Museum

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

Added by mechamuffin

Kansas City, Missouri

World's Largest Shuttlecocks

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

ronin

Warrenton, Oregon

The Wreck of the Peter Iredale

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

canuck

Added by canuck

Key West, Florida

Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society and Museum

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

Added by CPilgrim

Ronggur Nihuta, Indonesia

The Toba Caldera

Site of the largest volcanic eruption in the last 25 million years, one which may have nearly wiped out humanity altogether.

Dylan

Sidoarjo, Indonesia

The Sidoarjo Mud Volcano

A mud volcano in Indonesia spews out 50,000 cubic meters of mud every day.

Portland, Maine

International Cryptozoology Museum

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

littlebrumble

Added by littlebrumble

Miami Circle

A perfect circle of 24 mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric times.

anhie

Titusville, Florida

NASA Vehicle Assembly Building

A building so large that it has its own weather.

Trevor

Added by Trevor

Key West, Florida

Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.