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Amalia Wompa

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2021

F(22) Umass Amherst 2025 Columbia J School 2026 Journalist, climber, lover of all things otherworldly
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  • New York City

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Giant Needle and Button

New York, New York

Giant Needle and Button

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Toynbee tile at 2nd St and 2nd Ave in New York City, 2012.

New York, New York

Toynbee Tiles

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

Russian and Turkish Baths Cafe

New York, New York

Russian and Turkish Baths Cafe

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

P.S. 186

New York, New York

P.S. 186

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

Berlin Wall Section

New York, New York

Berlin Wall Section

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

The garden inside the Ford Foundation Building

New York, New York

New York's Hidden Tropical Forest

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

The Barney Mausoleum.

Springfield, Massachusetts

Barney Family Mausoleum

The final resting place of a wealthy landowner who helped create the largest public park in Western Massachusetts.

Two ichthyosaur skull replicas on the fourth floor just outside the main museum.

Middletown, Connecticut

Joe Webb Peoples Museum

A small museum packed with specimens from important fossil sites and minerals from historical pegmatite quarries.

The centerpiece of the Hartford Circus Fire Memorial, where the middle tent post stood.

Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford Circus Fire Memorial

Memorial to one of the most fatal fires in both circus and U.S. history.

Seegi Maja Restaurant

Pärnu, Estonia

Seegi Maja Restaurant

This atmospheric spot in Pärnu's historic old town is located in a 17th-century almshouse.

The flag of the kingdom in front of a local museum.

Laadla, Estonia

Kingdom of Torgu

A clerical error gave rise to this imaginary micronation in the southwestern corner of Estonia.

Ninase Windmills

Mustjala Parish, Estonia

Ninase Windmills

Two old windmills got a new life as oversized sculptures of a man and a woman.

Karja Church

Linnaka, Estonia

Karja Church

Inside this medieval church resides a unique set of murals.

Skrunda 1.
Permanently Closed

Lidumnieki, Latvia

Skrunda-1

This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.

The entrance.

Williamstown, Massachusetts

The Spruces

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

The gorilla house from Benson's Wild Animal Farm

Hudson, New Hampshire

Benson's Park

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

Thompson Falls

Jackson, New Hampshire

Thompson Falls

This 150 foot seven-tiered cascading waterfall is one of the hidden gems of the White Mountains.

The Frost Place

Franconia, New Hampshire

The Frost Place

A short nature trail winds through the greatest works of poet Robert Frost.

The New England Ski Museum in Franconia.

Franconia, New Hampshire

New England Ski Museum

Packed with gear and memorabilia, this museum chronicles the history of skiing and how its rise shaped New England.

The metal pillars aligned to form the Old Man's face

Franconia, New Hampshire

Old Man of the Mountain Profiler Plaza

A serene plaza that commemorates one of the Granite State's most iconic figures.

Clark's Trading Post

Lincoln, New Hampshire

Clark's Trading Post

Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

Indian Head

Lincoln, New Hampshire

Indian Head

The Old Man of the Mountain’s less-famous, but still beloved little brother is said to resemble a leader of the Abenaki tribe.

Basin from above

Lincoln, New Hampshire

The Basin

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

Site of the Boston Massacre

Boston, Massachusetts

Site of the Boston Massacre

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

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