Atlas Obscura Lists

11 Signs That Capture Pure Americana

From a giant lollipop-wielding clown to the original Taco Bell sign.

Including Meadow Gold Sign, Diamond Jim's Liquor Store Sign, Original Taco Bell Sign, and Topsy the Clown

A closer shot of Ashalim, again using the iPhone’s digital zoom.

Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project from above

17 Places That Harness the Power of the Sun

From restaurants that run on solar ovens to the largest solar tower in the world.

Including Ouarzazate Solar Power Station, Physics of the Sun, Ashalim Power Station, and Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project

Temnodontosaurus platyodon skull at the Lyme Regis Museum.

A pack of Radium-laced cigarettes at the Musée Curie.

12 Places that Celebrate Women in Science

From pioneers in paleontology to trailblazers of modern medicine.

Including Lyme Regis Museum, Hidden Figures Way, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Museum, and Musée Curie

Life on the borderlands at the Frontera Sculpture Oasis.

‘Badaren - Spår av Mänsklighet (The Swimmer - Traces of Man)’

12 Sculptures Made From Recycled Materials

From a giant whale made out of recycled plastic to a tower of bright green bottles.

Including Tire Sculptures of Breighner’s Tire Center, Frontera Sculpture Oasis, Rainbow Sea Container , and 'Badaren - Spår av Mänsklighet (The Swimmer - Traces of Man)'

This chimney was part of the main office of the the Nichols-Chisolm logging camp

A Tour of Abandoned Places of the Midwest

From a Cold War-era Air Force base to the crumbling ruins of a Wisconsin farmhouse.

Including Meigs Field Tower and Terminal, Matz Farmstead Ruins, Westinghouse Electric Corp, and Haven Hill

A mural of Jackie Robinson can be found near Boulevard Saint-Laurent.

Meachum rises from the Mississippi River tossing cotton into the wind to symbolize freedom in this mural by St. Louis ArtWorks.

8 Public Displays of Black Art

Step outside the museum to see these amazing displays of art and culture.

Including Jackie Robinson Mural, Oakland Super Heroes Mural Project, Frederick Douglass Mural , and Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing

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