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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
  • Museums & Collections
  • Nature & Outdoors

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  • Minneapolis
  • Montreal
  • Moscow
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  • Philadelphia
  • Rome
  • San Diego
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Visitors will have to hike a bit before the daffodils appear around the path, but patience is rewarded

Lellingen, Luxembourg

Via Botanica

For a few short weeks in spring, this hiking path becomes a daffodil paradise.

Wally the Walleye

Garrison, North Dakota

Wally The Walleye

Wally is the 26-foot-long fiberglass emissary for Garrison, North Dakota, one of the self-proclaimed (and hotly contested) Walleye Capitals of the World.

Mississippi Writers Room and Collection at the Eudora Welty Library in Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson, Mississippi

Mississippi Writer's Room at the Eudora Welty Library

A glimpse into the state's vibrant literary culture along with inspiring stories from an inclusive author community.

A sweet lil feral cat.

Los Angeles, California

Feral Cat Colonies of Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Okishima cat.

Ōmihachiman-shi, Japan

Okishima Island

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

A detail of the Nemuri-neko sculpture.

Nikko, Japan

'Nemuri-Neko' ('The Sleeping Cat')

Is this cat asleep or just pretending?

Alamo cat graves.

San Antonio, Texas

Alamo Cat Graves

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

Black Cat of Riga

Riga, Latvia

Black Cat of Riga

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

Mrs Chippy, resting on Harry McNeish's grave.

Wellington, New Zealand

Mrs. Chippy Monument

A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

The cemetery in 2014

San Francisco, California

Presidio Pet Cemetery

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

Kotor kitty

Kotor, Montenegro

Cats Museum

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

The Cat Museum.

Minsk, Belarus

Cat Museum

This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.

Caffé REL

Franklin, North Carolina

Caffé REL

Step past the gas pumps and into a fine French bistro.

The Bat Creek stone.

Cherokee, North Carolina

Bat Creek Stone

Cherokee alphabet, proof of ancient North American Jews, or just a hoax?

3-20-21

Sylva, North Carolina

The Fugitive Train Wreck

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

The Great Hall.

Des Moines, Iowa

Salisbury House & Gardens

Architectural elements and building materials for this house were transported from Salisbury, England.

Pagoda side view closeup

Germantown, Maryland

Zen College Pagoda

One of only two sites in the United States containing the remains of Buddha.

Triple Falls

Jasper, Arkansas

Triple Falls

These waterfalls can be twins or triplets, depending on how much it's rained recently.

Crystal Lake Cave

Dubuque, Iowa

Crystal Lake Cave

An underground wonderland in Iowa.

Traditional Korean garments.

Washington, D.C.

The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Garments from across the globe call this hidden gem home.

The Stand

Scottsdale, Arizona

The Stand

An open-air, roadside eatery celebrating a historic indigenous cuisine of complicated significance.

Cathedral in the Desert

Lake Powell, Utah

Cathedral in the Desert

The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.

Suomenlinna Church

Helsinki, Finland

Suomenlinna Church

This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.

Charles F. Mills Grave Bell

Thunderbolt, Georgia

Charles F. Mills Grave Bell

A 19th-century cemetery device to ensure that the prematurely buried would be "saved by the bell."

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