Michelle Cassidy's User Profile - Atlas Obscura
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia's Magic Gardens

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
Vieques, Puerto Rico

Mosquito Bay

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.
San Francisco, California

Audium Theatre of Sound-Sculptured Space

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.
New York, New York

Jeffrey's Hook Light

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.
Austin, Texas

Mayfield Park

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.
San Francisco, California

Prelinger Library

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.
Davis, California

Eggheads

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.
Los Angeles, California

California Institute of Abnormalarts (CIA)

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.
Khlong Sok, Thailand

Rafflesia

Surat Thani's official flower—and the world's largest—smells of rotting meat.
Chicago, Illinois

Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.
London, England

Ruined Victorian Folly

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.
Liverpool, England

The Calderstones

Six neolithic sandstone boulders remaining from a dolmen.
Washington, D.C.

National Capitol Columns

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.
La Crosse, Wisconsin

World's Largest Six-Pack

Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.
Cambria, California

Victoria's Last Resort

Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica

McMurdo Station

Antarctica's bustling metropolis, originally established by Richard E. Byrd.
Lucas, Kansas

World's Largest Collection of Smallest Versions of Largest Things

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.
Huntsville, Texas

Sam Houston Statue

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.
Evanston, Illinois

Dave's Down to Earth Rock Shop

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.
Dakar, Senegal

Cap Manuel's Abandoned Bunker

This abandoned bunker looks out over the Atlantic from its clifftop perch.
Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica Camera Obscura

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.
Thurmond, West Virginia

Thurmond, West Virginia

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.
Junction City, Kansas

Atomic Annie

A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.
Barre, Vermont

Hope Cemetery

This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.