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Allison Meier

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2010

Allison is a former Senior Editor at Atlas Obscura, and their ongoing cemetery tour guide and aficionado. She works as a writer on art and overlooked history, and is an avid cemetery explorer. Originally from an Oklahoma oil town, she's now based in Brooklyn after living for a time in France. She likes monumental art installations of ephemeral beauty and minuscule cemeteries hidden in the city sprawl.
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Dinosaur Dance Floor

Sucre, Bolivia

Dinosaur Dance Floor

Largest site of dinosaur footprints ever found includes more than 5,000 tracks.

Missile Hanger as seen from the outside.

Türisalu, Estonia

Turisalu Missile Hangar

Abandoned Soviet base once stocked with short and medium range missiles pointed at western Europe.

Historic bat tower on Lower Sugarloaf Key, Florida.
Permanently Closed

Summerland Key, Florida

Sugarloaf Key Bat Tower

Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.

Wolf Song of Alaska

Anchorage, Alaska

Wolf Song of Alaska

Internationally recognized group that works to protect the wolf and educate the public about its plight.

Palace of Peace and Reconciliation

Astana, Kazakhstan

Palace of Peace and Reconciliation

Iconic pyramid from famed British architect Norman Foster designed to represent all of the world's religious faiths.

Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak

Kazanlak, Bulgaria

Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak

UNESCO-protected ancient burial ground.

The Ghost King in the Ghost City.

Chongqing, China

Fengdu Ghost City

The ancient settlement attracts tourists from all over looking to learn about the Chinese vision of the afterlife.

Eggshelland
Permanently Closed

Lyndhurst, Ohio

Eggshelland

Annual Easter display made up of thousands of hand-painted eggs.

View from top of the "hole in the wall."

Kaycee, Wyoming

Hole-in-the Wall Outlaw Hideout

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

Legzira Beach

Tiznit Province, Morocco

Legzira Beach

Rocky Atlantic beach home to a stunning stone arch.

Yde Girl

Assen, Netherlands

Yde Girl

Remarkably preserved body discovered in a peat bog.

Castelerrs de Vilafranca.

Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain

Castells of Catalonia

Living towers made of people that are now recognized by UNESCO.

The Navigators

London, England

The Navigators

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

An aerial photo of Sand Mountain

Fallon, Nevada

Sand Mountain

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

Mission San Jose

San Antonio, Texas

Mission San Jose

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

Pando, the Trembling Giant

Richfield, Utah

Pando, the Trembling Giant

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

St. John Cantius Church

Chicago, Illinois

First-Class Relic of Padre Pio

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

Singing Beach at Manchester-By-The-Sea

Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts

Singing Beach at Manchester-By-The-Sea

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

The Aventine Keyhole

Rome, Italy

The Aventine Keyhole

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

National Baby Food Festival

Fremont, Michigan

National Baby Food Festival

Week-long festival in the baby food capital of the world.

Tombstone of Wild Peter at St. Mary's Church.

Northchurch, England

Grave of Peter, the Wild Boy of Hanover

"The Most Wonderful Wonder that ever appeared to the Wonder of the British Nation."

Lindow Man

London, England

Lindow Man

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

Tollund Man

Silkeborg, Denmark

Tollund Man

Iron Age "bog person" preserved for over 2,300 years.

Skull Tower of Nis

Niš, Serbia

The Skull Tower of Nis

Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.

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