Scott Mansfield's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Scott Mansfield

I'm the author of Strong Waters: A Simple Guide to Making Beer, Wine and Spirited Beverages at Home. I also cover the beer, wine and cocktail scene in Northern California's Bay Area,

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San Francisco, California

SCRAP

For nearly 50 years, this San Francisco nonprofit has been serving as a mix of recycling center and art school.

MBintliff

Added by MBintliff

San Francisco, California

The Old Ship Saloon

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

San Francisco, California

Long Now Orrery

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Terre Haute, Indiana

Indiana Track & Field & Cross Country Hall of Fame Museum

The modern museum honors the achievements of the state's all-star athletes.

Added by X24Gee

Gates of Hell

The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.

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Added by Afjsdoiuqnnn

San Francisco, California

Institute of Illegal Images

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

littlebrumble

Added by littlebrumble

Elberton, Georgia

Georgia Guidestones

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

tralfamadore

Added by tralfamadore

Easton, Massachusetts

Borderland State Park Mansion

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

Added by jennierosehalperin

San Francisco, California

Albion Castle

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Museum of Health and Medical Science

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

Added by mbison

Twilight Epiphany Skyspace

Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.

revolg1

Added by revolg1

London, England

William Blake Mosaics

This open-air mosaic gallery honoring an English artist took hundreds of volunteers more than seven years to create.

Cerro de Pasco, Peru

San Pedro Cemetery of Ninacaca

A colorful Peruvian city of the dead.

serflac

Added by serflac

Las Palmas, Peru

Cueva de Las Lechuzas

A jungle cave in Peru of unknown depths, otherworldly sounds, and strange nocturnal birds that navigate by echolocation.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Ki Castle (Kinojo Castle Ruins)

A rare example of an ancient Japanese hill castle believed to be the fortress of a legendary demon.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

Grand Junction, Tennessee

National Bird Dog Museum

An homage to the pointers and retrievers that have long been a hunter's best friend.

Added by britmichelle

Aguascalientes, Mexico

Museo José Guadalupe Posada

A museum dedicated to the famous Mexican illustrator's iconic calaveras.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Davis, California

Solar Intersections

Outsider art or homage to aliens?

Elise

Folsom, California

The Folsom Powerhouse

This 19th century hydroelectric powerhouse was the first of its kind.

Dr Alan P Newman

Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Rancho Cordova, California

Back to the 80s Cafe

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

cassidy josephine

Added by cassidy josephine

Grass Valley, California

Home of Lola Montez

The modest home of the very immodest dancer who cost a king his crown.

Shannon Ohaire

Added by Shannon Ohaire

Glendive, Montana

Makoshika State Park

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

Basílica del Voto Nacional

Legend says if this neo-Gothic basilica is ever officially completed, the world will come to an end.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

San Antonio de Pichincha, Ecuador

Intiñan Solar Museum

Home of the "true" equator.

Added by angzilla