Vicki Arkoff's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Vicki Arkoff

Writer, traveler, eater, imbiber. Based in Los Angeles but constantly roaming the globe in search of interesting people, places and experiences. Published by DK Books, HarperCollins, Time Entertainment, Virgin Books, LA Times, NY Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Toronto Star, The Awesomer, Daily Variety, Day Spa Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, JustLuxe, MAD Magazine, Prevue, Pursuitist, Westjet Magazine, Where Guestbook, Where Traveller Magazine.

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Vicki Arkoff's activity rankings

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Places visited in Arco, Idaho

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Places added to Rapid City, South Dakota

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Places edited in Estes Park, Colorado

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Places edited in Pioneertown, California

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Places edited in Government Camp, Oregon

Denver, Colorado

Meow Wolf Convergence Station

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

mikewalker

Added by mikewalker

Skagway, Alaska

Skagway Centennial Statue

A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.

MarilynR

Added by MarilynR

Newport, Rhode Island

The White Horse Tavern

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

e1savage

Added by e1savage

San Francisco, California

Fairmont San Francisco Penthouse Suite

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

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Added by lewblank

Kayenta, Arizona

Burger King Navajo Code Talkers Display

Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.

Denver, Colorado

Blue Mustang

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

ronin

Victoria, British Columbia

The Empress Hotel

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

Pioneertown, California

Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

Heather Arment

Added by Heather Arment

New York, New York

New Yorker Hotel

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Corrubbio, Italy

Byblos Art Hotel

Sleep amongst an abundance of art from the modern era.

Kergin

Added by Kergin

Holbrook, Arizona

The Wigwam Village #6

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

Added by AnnaFiddler

Horseshoe Bend

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

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Estes Park, Colorado

The Stanley Hotel

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

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Added by nbj914

Dachau, Germany

Dachau Concentration Camp

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Detroit, Michigan

Motown Museum

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

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Added by nbj914

Banff Springs Hotel

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

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Added by nbj914

Government Camp, Oregon

Timberline Lodge

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

canuck

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Denver, Colorado

Buckhorn Exchange

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

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