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Dylan Young

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2016

I can bake dirt cake with mud frosting.

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Holsten's Brookdale Confectionery

Bloomfield, New Jersey

Holsten's Brookdale Confectionery

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

Morris Frank and Buddy

Morristown, New Jersey

Morris Frank and Buddy

A trompe-l'oeil statue honoring the first guide dog in North America.

Gettysburg Cyclorama

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Gettysburg Cyclorama

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

Western Hemisphere on the Earthoid

Germantown, Maryland

Earthoid Water Tank

The whole world in one water tank.

Bube's Brewery & Catacombs

Mount Joy, Pennsylvania

Bube's Brewery & Catacombs

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

Rolls-Royce Foundation

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

The Rolls-Royce Foundation Museum

A museum and research center dedicated to preserving the history of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars.

The Tombstone House.

Petersburg, Virginia

The Tombstone House

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

Graveyard Island.

Badin, North Carolina

Graveyard Island

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

Cabazon's T-rex dressed up for Valentine's Day

Cabazon, California

Cabazon Dinosaurs

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Biblical figure relaxing in the garden.

Yucca Valley, California

Desert Christ Park

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

A close-up aerial view.

Yucca Mesa, California

Rhythms of Life

An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.

Desert View Conservation Area

Joshua Tree, California

Desert View Conservation Area

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

Yes, you can make art from an abandoned toilet.

Joshua Tree, California

The Noah Purifoy Desert Art Museum

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

The Krblin Jihn Kabin.

Joshua Tree, California

'Krblin Jihn Kabin'

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

An array of wigs on display.

Joshua Tree, California

Beauty Bubble Salon and Museum

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace.

Pioneertown, California

Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

The World Famous Crochet Museum.

Joshua Tree, California

World Famous Crochet Museum

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

This way to the Caravansary of Joy.

Joshua Tree, California

Institute of Mentalphysics

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

Town Creek Indian Mound

Mount Gilead, North Carolina

Town Creek Indian Mound

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

Acid Park

Lucama, North Carolina

Acid Park

The original location of Vollis Simpson’s Whirligigs.

The Chair of Thomasville

Thomasville, North Carolina

'The Chair'

A 30-foot-tall cement chair pays tribute to a historic design and a local industry.

Bare Dark Sky Observatory

Burnsville, North Carolina

Bare Dark Sky Observatory

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

The Odd

Asheville, North Carolina

The Odd

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

Groovy bar.

Asheville, North Carolina

Fleetwood’s

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

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