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Brian Cano

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2024

Traveler, wanderer, connoisseur of spooky and unusual things.
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My Travel Interests

  • Abandoned & Ruined
  • Architecture & Design
  • Death & the Dark
  • Museums & Collections
  • Nature & Outdoors

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Places I've been

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Bell Labs water tower

Holmdel, New Jersey

Bell Laboratories Transistor Water Tower

This water tower commemorates the invention of the transistor on this site in 1947.

Garita del Diablo, seen from fort San CristĂłbal (2015).

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Garita del Diablo

Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

S.K. Pierce Mansion

Gardner, Massachusetts

S.K. Pierce Mansion

This historic Victorian mansion is allegedly so haunted that a signed waiver is required to enter.

Matt Green NYC Walk Marker

Staten Island, New York

Matt Green NYC Walk Marker

This sign marks the start and end of Matt Green's nearly 10,000-mile quest to walk every block of every street in New York City.

Building 11

Staten Island, New York

National Lighthouse Museum

This stately brick building once provided supplies and equipment to lighthouses across the northeast during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Ash Cave.

Logan, Ohio

The Caves of Hocking Hills State Park

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

From within the stables.
Permanently Closed

Newport, Rhode Island

The Bells

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

Roman Walls of Cardiff Castle

Cardiff, Wales

Roman Walls of Cardiff Castle

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

Excavated, reconstructed 16th century cottage

Saint Fagans, Wales

St. Fagans National History Museum

Stroll through Welsh history in a village of reconstructed structures.

Animal Wall at Cardiff Castle

Cardiff, Wales

Animal Wall at Cardiff Castle

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

The Arab Room ceiling

Cardiff, Wales

The Arab Room at Cardiff Castle

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

Front gate

Ballygalley, Northern Ireland

Cairndhu House

The ruins of a once-grand mansion in Northern Ireland are now thought to be haunted.

Dark Hedges

Ballymoney, Northern Ireland

The Dark Hedges

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

The Hellfire Club Ruins

Ireland

Hellfire Club Ruins

A derelict hunting lodge that was once the site of aristocratic debauchery.

Sherlock Holmes Statue

London, England

Sherlock Holmes Statue

This tribute to the fictional detective stands at the famous literary character's address.

The College of Psychic Studies

London, England

The College of Psychic Studies

This educational institution and reference library specialize in the psychic arts and mediumship.

221b, Baker Street

London, England

221b Baker Street

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Platform 9 3/4

London, England

Platform 9 3/4

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Highgate Cemetery

London, England

Highgate Cemetery

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

The Infinity Climber.

Jersey City, New Jersey

Infinity Climber

A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.

Madam Marie's Psychic Booth

Asbury Park, New Jersey

Madam Marie's Psychic Booth

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

Asbury Park Casino and Carousel House

Asbury Park, New Jersey

Asbury Park Casino and Carousel House

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

Silverball Museum Arcade

Asbury Park, New Jersey

Silverball Museum Arcade

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

PA-03 up close, the oldest original invader.

Paris, France

Paris Space Invaders

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

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