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cwarner7717

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2018

I'm a freelance writer and full time vagabond.

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The World's Largest Thermometer

Baker, California

World's Largest Thermometer

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The hot air balloon stained glass in the back of the restaurant

Santa Monica, California

Chez Jay

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

The Alabama Hills

Lone Pine, California

The Museum of Western Film History

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

Mel's hands and feet

Los Angeles, California

Mel Brooks Handprint

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Mission Control Room at JPL

La Cañada Flintridge, California

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

Kendall Alley

Pasadena, California

Kendall Alley

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

Old Warner Bros. Theatre Inside Downtown Jewelry Exchange

Los Angeles, California

Old Warner Bros. Theatre Inside Downtown Jewelry Exchange

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

Plaque on the stone that was the former wall of the Henry cabin and lists all members of the Donner party who perished and survived.

Truckee, California

Donner Party Artifacts

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

Forest Lawn Cemetery

Glendale, California

Forest Lawn Cemetery

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

Randy's Donuts

Inglewood, California

Randy's Donuts

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

End of the Trail

Santa Monica, California

Route 66 End of the Trail Sign

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

William Randolph Hearst's private castle.

San Simeon, California

Hearst Castle

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

La Brea Tar Pits

Los Angeles, California

La Brea Tar Pits Dragonfly Fossils

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Dining room at the Madonna Inn

San Luis Obispo, California

Madonna Inn

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Entrance to the National Bowling Stadium, with its 80-foot bowling ball sculpture

Reno, Nevada

National Bowling Stadium

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

Piper's Opera House today

Virginia City, Nevada

Piper's Opera House

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

Casa de Shenandoah
Permanently Closed

Las Vegas, Nevada

Casa de Shenandoah

Wayne Newton's sprawling estate is now open for visitors to catch a glimpse of his "heart and soul."

The Erotic Heritage Museum, Las Vegas.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Erotic Heritage Museum

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

Comstock Cemeteries.

Virginia City, Nevada

Comstock Cemeteries

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

Pyramid Lake

Reno, Nevada

Pyramid Lake

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

Atomic Liquors, since 1952

Las Vegas, Nevada

Atomic Liquors

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

No Trespassing. Ever.

Groom Lake, Nevada

Area 51

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

Old Tonopah Cemetery

Tonopah, Nevada

Old Tonopah Cemetery

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

Goldfield Hotel main entrance on Columbia Street in 1976

Goldfield, Nevada

Goldfield Hotel

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

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