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Edward Denny

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2018

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Follow travelers to discover remarkable places through their journeys.

My Travel Interests

  • Architecture & Design
  • Art & Creativity
  • Culture & Society
  • History & Conflict
  • Museums & Collections
  • Nature & Outdoors
  • Science & Technology

My Location Interests

  • London
  • Philadelphia
  • Washington, D.C.

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    West Virginia Destination Challenge

    West Virginia Visitor

    As part of the West Virginia Destination Challenge, this badge celebrates the beginning of your journey through West Virginia's remarkable places. Every place you mark brings you closer to discovering more of what makes the Mountain State unique.

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    As part of the West Virginia Destination Challenge, this badge celebrates your deeper exploration of West Virginia's remarkable places. Your journey has taken you beyond the highlights to uncover even more of what makes the Mountain State extraordinary.

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    Route 66 Exploration Challenge

    Ford's Route 66 Exploration Challenge

    You explored one of America's most iconic highways by marking at least three remarkable places along historic Route 66.

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    Ford's Mark Your Map State Exploration Challenge

    You expanded your map during the Ford Mark Your Map State Exploration Challenge and reached the milestone required to unlock this limited edition badge.

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    25 States Visited

    25 States Visited

    You've visited 25 U.S. states and are halfway to exploring all 50. Every state has its own hidden wonders, and you're well on your way to discovering them.

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Grave of Laura Adorkor Kofi

Jacksonville, Florida

Grave of Laura Adorkor Kofi

The final resting place of "Mother Kofi," a Black minister who was assassinated in the middle of a sermon.

Beastie Boys Mural

Jacksonville, Florida

Beastie Boys Mural

Ch-Ch-Check out the world's largest hand-painted 3D mural.

Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing Park

Jacksonville, Florida

Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing Park

This park commemorates the birthplace and legacy of the brothers who authored a song that has come to be known as the Black National Anthem.

American Beach was purchased by the Jacksonville Afro-American Life Insurance Company in 1935.

Fernandina Beach, Florida

American Beach Nana Sand Dune

The largest sand dune in Florida sits inside the state's first Black-owned beach.

At the turn of the 20th century, The Palace welcomed sailors from Fernandina’s busy docks.

Fernandina Beach, Florida

The Palace Saloon

Based in a former haberdashery, Florida’s oldest continually-operating bar has a rich nautical history and lots of local lore.

Sponsored By Amelia Island, Florida
The store’s quaint, homey feel captures founder Bill Nelson's dream of creating an “old-fashioned book store.”

Fernandina Beach, Florida

The Book Loft

Amelia Island’s oldest independent bookstore is a cozy oasis for literary exploration.

The original plot of graves is abutted by a “new” section, which was added by the city in the mid-1940s.

Fernandina Beach, Florida

Bosque Bello Cemetery

Named from the Spanish for “beautiful woods,” this public cemetery is spread across 29 acres of moss-draped oaks.

Sponsored By Amelia Island, Florida
Construction of Fort Clinch began in 1847, but by the outbreak of hostilities at the start of the Civil War, only about two-thirds of the fort had been completed.

Fernandina Beach, Florida

Fort Clinch

Used as a military post in three different engagements, this fort has remained incomplete and unfired upon for nearly 200 years.

Fort Caroline National Memorial

Jacksonville, Florida

Fort Caroline National Memorial

This replica of a 16th-century French settlement memorializes one of the earliest attempts at a European settlement in North America.

Jean Ribault Monument

Jacksonville, Florida

Jean Ribault Monument

A monolith replica monument of Jean Ribault commemorating the landing of the French in the New World.

Jacksonville Interchange Spiral from above.

Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville Interchange Spiral

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

Chamblin Bookmine

Jacksonville, Florida

Chamblin Bookmine

A sprawling maze of used books piled from floor to ceiling.

Exterior image of the library

Rockville, Maryland

Rockville Memorial Library

This library is designed to commemorate the work of the Human Genome Project.

Josiah Henson Museum

North Bethesda, Maryland

Josiah Henson Museum & Park

The location where the famed author and abolitionist began his journey to freedom.

Grave Creek Mound

Moundsville, West Virginia

Grave Creek Mound

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

Don Knotts Statue

Morgantown, West Virginia

Don Knotts Statue

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

Fostoria Oil Lamps

Moundsville, West Virginia

Fostoria Glass Museum

The legacy of the Ohio-founded Fostoria Glass Company lives on in West Virginia.

Imperial peachblow glass is visually striking.

Bellaire, Ohio

National Imperial Glass Museum

Collectors keep the story of Ohio Valley glassmaking alive.

Sweeney Punch Bowl

Wheeling, West Virginia

Sweeney Punch Bowl

The largest piece of cut lead crystal adorned a grave for 75 years and is now the shining star of a glass museum.

This statue stands in a park overlooking the site of a former mill.

Steubenville, Ohio

Steubenville Steelworkers Memorial

A larger than life statue of a steelworker keeps watch over a closed steel mill.

The Marland Hights District of Weirton, West Virginia.

Weirton, West Virginia

Weirton

In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.

These sculptures stand out in this quiet, rural neighborhood.

New Cumberland, West Virginia

Ken Sinsel's Metal Sculptures

This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.

A view of the church from a vacant lot.

East Liverpool, Ohio

The First Evangelical Presbyterian Church

A storybook church made from a mesmerizing medley of multi-colored stones.

Museum of Ceramics exterior

East Liverpool, Ohio

Museum of Ceramics

Housing the history of a small Ohio town that is known to some as the pottery capital of the United States.

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