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DerekLuxe

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2013

Derek specializes in selling and marketing products that combine luxury, environmental sustainability, and social responsibility. His career in luxury hospitality began at Gilchrist & Soames, one of the world’s most prestigious hotel amenities brands. As Sales Manager for Gilchrist & Soames, he helped hotels, spa resorts, and bed & breakfasts around the country enhance their in-room amenity offerings to satisfy and pamper even the most discerning guests. An avid promoter of earth-friendly personal care products, Derek joined LATHER as the National Sales Manager to expand the fledgling brand’s sales in the hospitality market. At present, Derek is the National Sales Director for William Roam, creators of luxury, 100% American-made hotel amenities.
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Mos Espa set.

Naftah, Tunisia

Leftover 'Star Wars' Sets

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

The barn where Mr. Ed was born.

Los Angeles, California

Mr. Ed's Home

A classic American barn that was the home of a classic American television star.

The skywalk

Zhangjiajie, China

Tianmen Skywalk

For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.

Providence Home Geode Grotto

Jasper, Indiana

Providence Home Geode Grotto

One man's vision and a labor of love of many.

Free Little Library (#0924)

Los Angeles, California

Free Little Library (#0924)

A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

Vulcan's Starship FX6-1995-A, replica of the Starship Enterprise, named after Vulcan Airport's designation FX6.

Vulcan, Alberta

Vulcan

Live long and prosper in Vulcan, Alberta.

Behind the bar at Tiki Ti.

Los Angeles, California

Tiki-Ti

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum-Ha Noi

Hanoi, Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

Lenin's Mausoleum

Moscow, Russia

Lenin's Mausoleum

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

Ryugyong Hotel

Pyongyang, North Korea

Ryugyong Hotel

North Korea's massive "hotel of doom."

Bridge to Nowhere

Mount Baldy, California

Bridge to Nowhere

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

The home, as one piece, was two once.

Los Angeles, California

Kinney-Tabor House

A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.

The Wende Museum

Culver City, California

The Wende Museum

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

Diorama #11 "Goloka - The Spiritual Realm"

Culver City, California

The Bhagavad-gita Museum

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

Center for Land Use Interpretation

Culver City, California

Center for Land Use Interpretation

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

Necromance
Permanently Closed

Los Angeles, California

Necromance

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

Space Shuttle Endeavour at the California Science Center.

Los Angeles, California

Space Shuttle Endeavour

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

Linda Vista Hospital

Los Angeles, California

Linda Vista Hospital

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Effulgence of the North

Los Angeles, California

Velaslavasay Panorama

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

Farnam House, california

Santa Monica, California

Farnam House

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

Frank Gehry Residence

Santa Monica, California

Frank Gehry Residence

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

Lummis Home ("El Alisal")

Los Angeles, California

Lummis Home ("El Alisal")

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

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