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asdonkar

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2013

Freelance photographer, holder of season tickets to the University of North Carolina baseball and women's basketball teams, Master of Library Science, civil servant. I like rock music, sweet tea, pedal steel played well, Fuji 1600 ISO film, the Band & the Rolling Stones, vintage dresses, HOKA trail runners, my Chippewa motorcycle boots, old rangefinders and Holgas, North Carolina beaches, pitching and defense, Gunnar Henderson, and chili cheese hotdogs.
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  • Death & the Dark
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  • San Diego
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Model 14

New York, New York

Autophoto

Picture yourself in history with this working collection of vintage photobooths.

Cars of Socialism Museum

Peshtera, Bulgaria

Cars of Socialism Museum

A small, but very well curated, museum of cars, propaganda, and toys of socialist Bulgaria.

FAME Studios

Muscle Shoals, Alabama

FAME Studios

A modest Alabama recording studio where some of music’s biggest voices found their sound.

The Hoosier Gym

Knightstown, Indiana

The Hoosier Gym

A real small-town gym became the unforgettable home court of the Hickory Huskers in “Hoosiers.”

Four South African Nobel Peace Prize winners

Cape Town, South Africa

Nobel Square

It celebrates the four men from South Africa who have won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Micropia

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Micropia

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Kaaterskill Falls and the Bayard of Dogs

Haines Falls, New York

Kaaterskill Falls and the Bayard of Dogs

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

WPTF AM Radio Building

Cary, North Carolina

WPTF AM Radio Building

This old radio building from the 1930s inspired the WSQK radio station featured in the last season of “Stranger Things.”

The Oz Museum

Wamego, Kansas

Oz Museum

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

Bachman-Wilson House

Bentonville, Arkansas

Bachman-Wilson House

A home designed to be on the cutting edge of comfortable, low-cost living.

World's Largest Fork

Springfield, Missouri

World's Largest Fork

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

Vaile Mansion

Independence, Missouri

Vaile Mansion

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

Dumbo off in the distance

Iron Township, Missouri

Elephant Rocks State Park

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

The tempura-fried pork tenderloin is Kitty’s most popular order. The recipe has never been changed since the cafe opened in 1951.

Kansas City, Missouri

Kitty’s Cafe

Savor the famous tempura-fried pork tenderloin sandwich at this long-standing Kansas City food counter.

Charlie Parker Memorial

Kansas City, Missouri

Charlie Parker Memorial

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

The deep pool

Lesterville, Missouri

Johnson's Shut-Ins

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

The Front of the Lemp Mansion, built in 1868. There have been three suicides in the walls of this house.

St. Louis, Missouri

Lemp Mansion

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

Devil's Icebox. (Creative Commons)

Columbia, Missouri

Devil's Icebox

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

Eros Bendato.

St. Louis, Missouri

Eros Bendato

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

View of the "books."

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City Library's Community Bookshelf

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

Exterior West side.

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City Workhouse

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

The library has collections of over 100,000 lending books, downloadables, DVDs, CDs, games, and musical instruments.

Ketchum, Idaho

The Community Library

This independent library is rooted in community service and lifelong learning.

The organization boasts more than 100 years of conservation study.

Pisgah Forest, North Carolina

Cradle of Forestry

This forest school's long history lets today's visitors experience resource management learnings in a beautiful environment.

Sponsored By Visit North Carolina
Sonker is a deep dish dessert.

Dobson, North Carolina

Surry Sonker Trail

Visit one, or all six, of the stops on this tour of a North Carolina signature sweet.

Sponsored By Visit North Carolina
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