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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Green Bank, West Virginia

Green Bank Telescope

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

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

Riverton, West Virginia

Spruce Knob

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

thomasharper

Added by thomasharper

Broad Run, Virginia

Ruins of the Chapman Beverley Mill

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

Added by kjens87

Bethesda, Maryland

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

Added by Joshua Sack

Cañon City, Colorado

Royal Gorge Bridge

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

jenniferbrown74

Added by jenniferbrown74

Horseshoe Bend

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Added by Facebook590576781

Key Biscayne, Florida

Miami Marine Stadium

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Washington, D.C.

The Sun Building

This nine-story building is the oldest standing skyscraper in D.C.

Elliot Carter

Added by Elliot Carter

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

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

Added by Facebook559800373

Miami Circle

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

anhie

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park

Hang out with thousands of butterflies in one of the world's largest such enclosures.

rugby007

Added by rugby007

Béal na Bláth, Ireland

Michael Collins Ambush Memorial

A gated cross stands on the site where an Irish revolutionary met his end.

rugby007

Added by rugby007

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Leslie Nielsen's Gravesite

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

Added by dylansko

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Mai-Kai Restaurant

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

Added by hcshannonart

Delray Beach, Florida

The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

TheCandyCaneHustler

Added by TheCandyCaneHustler

Miami Beach, Florida

The Wolfsonian-FIU

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

katiebaker4

Added by katiebaker4

Opa-locka, Florida

Opa-Locka City Hall

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

Added by aarongoode

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

Miami Beach, Florida

World Erotic Art Museum

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

Added by mechamuffin

George Town, Malaysia

Wat Chaiya Mangkalaram

Giant relaxing Buddha in Malaysia.

JBHewlett

Added by JBHewlett

Syria, Virginia

Rapidan Camp

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

WhiskeyBristles

Added by WhiskeyBristles

Staunton, Virginia

American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

Boonsboro, Maryland

Crystal Grottoes Caverns

Bizarre Cavern.

Added by spike55151