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BadSharkBlackhand

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2019

Frequent Traveler, enjoys seeing the Weird and Special

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The U-Drop Inn and Tower Station.

Shamrock, Texas

U-Drop Inn

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

The Buckhorn Saloon and Museum.

San Antonio, Texas

Buckhorn Saloon and Museum

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

Bracken Cave

San Antonio, Texas

Bracken Cave

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

Crowds gather to watch the bats fly out as the sun sets.

Austin, Texas

Congress Bridge Bats

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

December 2008

Amarillo, Texas

Cadillac Ranch

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

Wreckage of a Japanese plane.

Fredericksburg, Texas

National Museum of the Pacific War

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

Image of the residence/studio.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Bart Prince Residence and Studio

It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."

Closeup view from pathway.

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Camel Rock

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

Part of the spaceship.

Roswell, New Mexico

Roswell UFO Spacewalk

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

Grave of Walter White

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Grave of Walter White

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

Three Rivers Petroglyph Site.

Three Rivers, New Mexico

Three Rivers Petroglyph Site

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

Bradbury Science Museum

Los Alamos, New Mexico

Bradbury Science Museum

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

Little Joe II rocket, the largest ever to be launched from New Mexico

Alamogordo, New Mexico

New Mexico Museum of Space History

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

A Rockwell B-1B strategic bomber is prepared for testing at Atlas-1 in 1989.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

ATLAS-I

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

Loretto Chapel Staircase

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Loretto Chapel

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

A road sign directing you to Truth or Consequences.

Truth or Consequences, New Mexico

Truth or Consequences

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Albuquerque, New Mexico

The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

An abandoned café in Glenrio.

San Jon, New Mexico

Glenrio Ghost Town

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

Drivers have to go 45 miles per hour to hear the song.
Permanently Closed

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Musical Highway

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

Carlsbad Caverns

Carlsbad, New Mexico

Carlsbad Caverns

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

International UFO Museum and Research Center

Roswell, New Mexico

International UFO Museum and Research Center

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

Sand dunes...NOT snow!

Alamogordo, New Mexico

White Sands National Park

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Chill forest

Santa Fe, New Mexico

House of Eternal Return

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Knox County Poorhouse
Permanently Closed

Mount Vernon, Ohio

Knox County Poorhouse

Abandoned former poorhouse, bible college, and haunted house in an Ohio hamlet.

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