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bookwormsurfer

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2018

Love to find amazing, curious, mysterious places in our incredible universe and drag my sons along to boot!
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Places I've been

Places this traveler has marked as been there.

Garderobe Manneken Pis

Brussels, Belgium

Garderobe Manneken Pis

Belgium’s famous peeing statue has worn many hats (and coats, and pants), which are on display at this small museum.

The statue at the Smithsonian.

Washington, D.C.

Bare-Chested George Washington

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

Fontaine du Soleil

Nice, France

Fontaine du Soleil (The Sun Fountain)

This saucy statue once caused outrage among locals.

Viaje Fantástico, the bronze sculpture of a naked woman riding a rooster is in Plaza Vieja.

Havana, Cuba

Viaje Fantástico

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

The Naked Truth

St. Louis, Missouri

‘The Naked Truth’

In the Compton Hill Reservoir Park sits a statue whose lack of clothing caused a scandal for the group that commissioned it.

a row of well "hung" art

Boston, Massachusetts

Museum of Bad Art

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

Pretty nice for an infrastructure accident!

Mecca, California

Salton Sea

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Temple and home exterior

Chicago, Illinois

Stan Mansion

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

The Grand Lodge of France

Paris, France

The Grand Lodge of France

One of the oldest masonic museums in Paris.

Image permission granted by the Grand Lodge of New York

New York, New York

Chancellor Robert R Livingston Masonic Library

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.

Masonic Temple of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Masonic Temple of Philadelphia

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

Statue of George Washington

Alexandria, Virginia

The George Washington Masonic National Memorial

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

The House of the Temple.

Washington, D.C.

House of the Temple

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

Masonic Lodge of the Andaz Hotel

London, England

Masonic Lodge of the Andaz Hotel

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

Habsburg Imperial Crypt

Vienna, Austria

Habsburg Imperial Crypt

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

Fearless Girl Statue

New York, New York

Fearless Girl Statue

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Helium Time Columns Monument

Amarillo, Texas

Helium Time Columns Monument

A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.

Ancient swamp was likely centered at 17th and L Streets NW

Washington, D.C.

D.C.'s Underground Bald Cypress Fossils

Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.

Newgrange

Dowth, Ireland

Newgrange

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

Miami Circle

Miami, Florida

Miami Circle

A perfect circle of 24 mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric times.

A view of the Cloaca Maxima in 1814, as rendered by artist Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

Rome, Italy

Cloaca Maxima

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

Hueco Tanks

El Paso, Texas

Hueco Tanks

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

The Bristlecone Pines of the Great Basin

Baker, Nevada

The Bristlecone Pines of the Great Basin

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

NIST F1

Boulder, Colorado

NIST-F1 Cesium Fountain Atomic Clock

The clock that sets them all.

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