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Daniel McDermon

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2025

Now: senior editor at Atlas Obscura. I chase public art, dive bars, and strange museums.

Previously: editor at The New York Times and elsewhere.

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Monument of the Great Triumph

Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

Monument of the Great Triumph

A unique and controversial artifact of the early Turkish Republic.

Monteath Mausoleum

Jedburgh, Scotland

Monteath Mausoleum

A beautiful Victorian-era mausoleum, designed for a single occupant.

Lago Traiano

Fiumicino, Italy

Portus

Along a manmade hexagonal lake lies what was once the main port of ancient Rome.

A hydroelectric turbine runner which originally was used at Manitoba Hydro's Great Falls generating station, and is now installed outside the museum.

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Manitoba Electrical Museum

This highly specific museum documents the electrical history of Manitoba.

The site in 2012.

Les Terres Basses, Saint Martin

La Belle Creole

This might be the most famous abandoned hotel in the Caribbean.

The Pike

Arlington, Virginia

The Pike

It is a 50-foot tall sculpture made of a reclaimed wind turbine wing, concrete, steel, and coins from around the world, located off the Columbia Pike in Northern Virginia suburbia.

The history of telephones is a story of connection and innovation, from Alexander Graham Bell’s first patent in 1876 to the bulky rotary models of the early 20th century. The Museum of Romanian Records boasts an impressive collection of vintage telephones, showcasing everything from early candlestick phones to mid-century rotary dial models. These devices don’t just tell time—they tell stories of how communication evolved, bridging distances and changing lives one call at a time.

Bucharest, Romania

Museum of Romanian Records

Unique museum with a dizzying array of collectibles, from corkscrews to typewriters and much more.

View of the Baker Mansion from the Front Lawn.

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Baker Mansion

Once home to a wealthy ironmaster, this 19th-century mansion now holds unique relics from Blair County's past, and perhaps the spirits of its former occupants.

Skulls of Saint Nicolai Church

Vejle, Denmark

Skulls of Saint Nicolai Church

Hidden in plain sight, the origin of these embedded skulls remains the stuff of legend.

The concrete hand rises from the grassy slope.

Fredericia, Denmark

‘The Earth Spirit’

An oversized sculpted hand and mooning backside remind visitors that protecting the Earth can come with humor.

Undercliffe Cemetery.

Bradford, England

Undercliffe Cemetery

A Victorian-era cemetery serves as a window into the city of Bradford’s past.

Faro Francesco Crispi

Tohen, Somalia

Lighthouse ‘Francesco Crispi’

This lighthouse at the very tip of the Horn of Africa in the Puntland region of Somalia is a relic of Italian fascism.

Smöjen kalkbrottsbad

Sweden

Smöjen Kalkbrottsbad

An abandoned industrial site turned into a picturesque swimming hole.

SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Rocket

Littleton, Colorado

SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Rocket

Between a bike path and the South Platte River sits a piece of modern space history.

Inside & gravestone floors

Nieuwe Niedorp, Netherlands

Church Ruin Oude Niedorp

An old, partly destroyed church, preserved in the state it was left in after a fire.

Art at the VCC

Dublin, Ireland

Vintage Cocktail Club

A 1930s-style speakeasy with a secret doorway and one-of-a-kind cocktails.

‘13, Rue del Percebe’ Mural

Madrid, Spain

‘13, Rue del Percebe’ Mural

Mural dedicated to one of Spain's favorite cartoonists, Francisco Ibáñez.

Gildehaus Reformed Church. Tower at left.

Bad Bentheim, Germany

Gildehaus Reformed Church

A church with a detached tower, believed to have been cast aside by the devil himself.

Colorado Train Museum

Golden, Colorado

Colorado Train Museum

More than 100 steam and diesel locomotives bring Colorado’s rail heritage to life.

Zwinger

Münster, Germany

Zwinger

A 16th-century fortress that was a Nazi-era prison and execution site, now a silent memorial.

The clock, inactive, in November 2025.

New York, New York

National Debt Clock

This installation turns abstract economics into a stark, public spectacle.

Image from gravel parking spot

Napoleon, Ohio

World’s Largest Tomato Soup Can

The famous red-and-white Campbell's Soup label beckons hungry passersby in Ohio.

Villa Romaine de Goeblange

Nospelt, Luxembourg

Villa Romaine de Goeblange

In Luxembourg’s pastoral fields lies a Roman country estate, once rich with imperial ambition.

Rose Dorthea

Provincetown, Massachusetts

Rose Dorothea Schooner Model

Half-scale model of a historic ship in the children's section of Provincetown Public Library.

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