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Joshua Ginsberg

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Curiosity seeker and author of "Secret Tampa Bay: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful and Obscure" (#SecretTampaBay) and "TB Scavenger." When not exploring and writing about oddities and roadside attractions, crafting resumes and business proposals. Husband, entrepreneur, GISHer, servant of Tinker Bell the Shih Tzu and Atlas Obscura superfan since 2016.
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2013

Altamonte Springs, Florida

Majesty Building

The "I-4 Eyesore" is one man's dream that has stood incomplete for over 20 years

Lightner Museum

St. Augustine, Florida

Lightner Museum

A Gilded Age hotel turned eclectic museum of Tiffany glass and curiosities

Rex, protected by a small black fence.

Jacksonville, Florida

Rex, the Beach Blvd Dinosaur

Among the strip malls and stoplights stands a giant, orange T. rex made of concrete with glowing red eyes.

Ma Barker House

Ocklawaha, Florida

Ma Barker House

Site of the longest gun battle in FBI history.

 Princess Ulele Statues

Tampa, Florida

Princess Ulele Statues

Tampa’s most famous native royal comes alive in a duo of arresting bronze statues.

“Old Cabbage Head” is a 1913 locomotive housed at the Manatee Village Historical Park.

Bradenton, Florida

Manatee Village Historical Park

A general store and steam engine are standouts at this multi-building historic park.

Officially titled “HOME,” Phoebe the Flamingo is a 21-foot-tall work of art by Matthew Mazzotta at Tampa International Airport.

Tampa, Florida

Phoebe the Flamingo

The larger-than-life art installation at Tampa International Airport welcomes travelers to town.

Van Gogh House

Mount Dora, Florida

Van Gogh House

In a Florida town known for antiques, this painted home became an art attraction and a symbol of love.

Wax figure of Leonardo Da Vinci

St. Augustine, Florida

Potter's Wax Museum

America's first wax museum opened in 1948.

Palma Sola Botanical Park is a 10-acre park and gardens featuring a Rare Fruit Trail in northwest Bradenton.

Bradenton, Florida

Rare Fruit Trail at Palma Sola Botanical Park

A wonderful world of rare fruits and flowering trees grows in a small botanical park in Bradenton.

In 2026 Pittsburg was the site of the Horror Writers Association's annual StokerCon

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Horror Studies Archive

A treasure trove of material within the University of Pittsburgh Library Systems has spawned the world's first and only center for academic study of the horror genre.

Jenny Globe

Somerset, Pennsylvania

Jenny Globe

This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.

George Romero Bust

Monroeville, Pennsylvania

George A. Romero Bust

An ode to filmmaker George A. Romero, who used the mall to film an iconic horror movie.

The roof where Peter was playing tennis.

Monroeville, Pennsylvania

Monroeville Mall

The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."

reCARstruction.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

reCARstruction

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

The Immaculate Reception Monument

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Immaculate Reception Monument

This spot memorializes one of the greatest plays in NFL history, unless you happen to be a Raiders fan.

Exposition Park Marker

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Exposition Park Marker

A piece of baseball history is preserved in a Pittsburgh parking lot.

The Igloo Soft Freeze

Everett, Pennsylvania

The Igloo Soft Freeze

Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.

Back of the giant quarter

Everett, Pennsylvania

Giant Quarter

A 20-foot-tall quarter commemorates George Washington’s ties to Bedford County.

Three Mile Island nuclear power plant.

Middletown, Pennsylvania

Three Mile Island Historical Marker

On the outskirts of Pennsylvania’s capital city, a reminder of the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history.

The Pagoda

Reading, Pennsylvania

The Reading Pagoda

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

The bathhouse on the Suwanee River.

White Springs, Florida

White Sulfur Springs Ruins

The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.

Jefferson Davis Capture Site

Fitzgerald, Georgia

Jefferson Davis Capture Site

The site where Confederate president Jefferson Davis was defeated has been marked with a bust... that leaves that part out.

The Allman Brothers Grave

Macon, Georgia

Rose Hill Cemetery

At Macon’s oldest cemetery two members of Allman Brothers are buried side by side.

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