BeachBoysAndrew

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2021

Avid explorer, particularly interested in ruins, waterfalls, and historical oddities. Big fan of hiking, mountain biking, and climbing.

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Places Edited by BeachBoysAndrew

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One of the classic cars in the museum

Hillsboro, Texas

Roadside America Museum

One man’s nostalgic collection of ’50s Americana

The dock at Cap’s Place

Lighthouse Point, Florida

Cap’s Place Island Restaurant

This onetime gambler’s den was turned into a destination restaurant, reachable only by boat.

The ruins of Thornhill, built in the shape of a Maltese Cross. It was three stories tall.

Walker, West Virginia

Volcano Historic Boomtown

Once home to a thriving oil industry, this town now sits eerily abandoned.

Walk around towards the front and on to the opposite side where you can enter it's hollow inside.

West Hartford, Connecticut

'Conny The Whale'

Journey inside the bowels of this sperm whale sculpture.

Busto del Cacique Hayuya y Tumba del Indio

Jayuya, Puerto Rico

Tumba del Indio

A place to pay homage to Taíno heritage.

Twin Poplars

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Lenoir, North Carolina

Twin Poplars

This site in Caldwell County is the location where the Cherokee and Catawba are said to have entered a peace treaty.

Pioneer Mom and Daughter Roadside Statue.

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Frackville, Pennsylvania

Pioneer Mom and Daughter Roadside Statue

Pennsylvania’s creepiest roadside attraction is a haunting example of roadside kitsch.

The Abandoned Village of Bara-Hack

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Pomfret, Connecticut

The Abandoned Village of Bara-Hack

A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.

Spokane Ghost Town

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Hermosa, South Dakota

Spokane Ghost Town

Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.