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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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October 2022

Los Angeles, California

Pink's Hot Dogs

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

A postcard from the inside of the aquarium, dating to 1907 or 1908.

Detroit, Michigan

Belle Isle Aquarium

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

Desert Reef Hot Springs

Florence, Colorado

Desert Reef Hot Springs

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

Cathedral of Junk

Austin, Texas

Cathedral of Junk

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Hamilton Pool

Dripping Springs, Texas

Hamilton Pool

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Blue Hole Jamaica.

Negril, Jamaica

Blue Hole Mineral Spring

Cavernous opening completely encased in Karst limestone.

Legzira Beach

Tiznit Province, Morocco

Legzira Beach

Rocky Atlantic beach home to a stunning stone arch.

Tide Pools of Essaouira

Essaouira, Morocco

Tide Pools of Essaouira

Vast stretch of tide-pools with a unique Moroccan charm.

Cheddar gorge and caves.

Cheddar, England

The Cheddar Man and Cannibals Museum

Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.

Sea Lion Caves

Florence, Oregon

Sea Lion Caves

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

Rio Tinto (Red River)

Palos de la Frontera, Spain

Rio Tinto (Red River)

Considered the birthplace of the Copper Age and Bronze Age, the river is tinted red from 5,000 years of mining.

Mural by Richard Haas on the outside of the Cowgirl Hall of Fame

Fort Worth, Texas

Cowgirl Hall of Fame

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

Stardust Sign, August 2025

Las Vegas, Nevada

The Neon Museum

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Ani

Ocaklı Köyü, Turkey

Ani Ghost City

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

Urfa - Balikli Lake (Sacred Lake)

Urfa, Turkey

Balıklıgöl

A sacred lake with thousands of sacred carp and a biblical history.

Plitvice Lakes

Plitvička Jezera, Croatia

Plitvice Lakes

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

Blue Cave of Bisevo

Komiža, Croatia

Blue Cave of Bisevo

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

Stari Most

Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Stari Most

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

Inside the Blue Grotto

Anacapri, Italy

Grotta Azzurra (Blue Grotto)

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

Kostroma Moose Farm

Bolshoye Andreykovo, Russia

Kostroma Moose Farm

The USSR’s Conquest of Nature lead to the domestication of many moose—no squirrel.

The wunderkammer-esque cathedral treasury of remains

Dubrovnik, Croatia

Dubrovnik Cathedral Treasury (Riznica Katedrale)

A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.

ruins of temple complex on island of Samothraki

Paleopoli, Greece

Samothrace Sanctuary of the Great Gods

Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.

Butterflies swarm Petaloudes Valley

Egeo, Greece

Valley of the Butterflies

Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.

Strombolicchio twilight

Stromboli, Italy

Strombolicchio Lighthouse

A petite white lighthouse perched on the ancient core of Stromboli Volcano.

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