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Simba.
Cardiff, Wales

The Pumping Station

This eclectic antique shop is home to the taxidermy remains of a celebrity lion named Simba.
Tom Mix Monument.
Florence, Arizona

Tom Mix Monument

At an isolated roadside rest area stands a monument marking where famous Western star Tom Mix died in 1940.
Los Angeles, California

The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.
Charlie.
Adelaide River, Australia

Charlie the Water Buffalo

The taxidermy remains of the mighty beast made famous by a Crocodile Dundee film.
Permanently Closed
Mae West's falsies.
Los Angeles, California

Dearly Departed Museum

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.
Gastro Obscura

Hillary’s Sweet Lemon Mint

A distinctive herb named after a First Lady.
Hanoi, Vietnam

Anthony Bourdain and Barack Obama's Dinner Table

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.
Hotel Paisano
Marfa, Texas

Hotel Paisano

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."
Mr. Rogers often replied directly to his fans.
celebrity

All the Charming Things Your Childhood Heroes Sent You

Heartwarming correspondence between Atlas Obscura readers and the famous people they admire.
Eric Grundhauser April 13, 2018
Tanaquil Le Clercq signs books during the signing of The Ballet Cook Book at Bloomingdale's, in New York, alongside Jacques d'Amboise and Melissa Hayden in 1967.
food

How a 1960s Cookbook Became a Window Into the Secret Lives of Ballet Icons

The out-of-print book became a ballerina’s second act.
Trina Mannino April 4, 2018
Have you ever received something from one of your heroes?
celebrity

Did Your Childhood Hero Ever Write You Back?

We want to see the treasured letters or artifacts you've received from your idols!
Eric Grundhauser April 3, 2018
The famously reclusive actress Marlene Dietrich, in her 1965 appearance on the show, said she was frightened of nothing, and asked for a mementoes box as her luxury.
music

A Cherished BBC Radio Show Asks Celebrities to Pick a Desert Island Survival Kit

On "Desert Island Discs," guests choose one piece of music, one luxury item, and one book.
Natasha Frost March 8, 2018
The restaurant's collection of "gift certificates."
Agoura Hills, California

The Old Place Restaurant

The beloved dining spot stands at the cross-section of Hollywood and the Old West.
Gender breakdowns like this one, at a 1904 dinner at the Trocadero Restaurant in London, were not atypical.
restaurants

Why Europe's First Celebrity Chef Named His Dishes After the Rich and Famous

Auguste Escoffier was the all-star genius behind Melba toast.
Natasha Frost February 26, 2018
This painting was long believed to be the work of Gilbert Stuart and to depict Hercules. But a panel of experts concluded, in the late 2010s, that both beliefs are wrong, which means that no known image of Hercules survives to this day.*
food

Meet Hercules, One of America’s Early Celebrity Chefs

Heralded for his food, the enslaved cook headed the first presidential kitchen.
Daniel Crown February 21, 2018
A wealth of colorful ceramic signatures.
Alassio, Italy

Wall of Alassio

Ernest Hemingway was the first to sign this colorful wall covered in thousands of celebrity signatures.
Permanently Closed
The unofficial memorial garden for George Michael.
London, England

George Michael Memorial

An unsanctioned shrine that sprung up outside the late singer's home is causing a stir in London's Highgate neighborhood.
Courtyard monument.
Las Vegas, Nevada

Bugsy Siegel Monument

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.