kcmick's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

kcmick

I want to boldly go.... To seek out... The unusual, the otherworldly and the just plain odd. In my other life, I'm a wardrobe stylist. I own a veritable petting zoo chock full of animals including 2 emus, 3 alpacas and a potbelly pig.

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Amargosa Valley, Nevada

Big Bovine of the Desert

This enormous fiberglass cow near Death Valley National Park once graced a casino roof in Las Vegas.

Andrea Leigh

Added by Andrea Leigh

Mono Mills, California

Mono Mills

A relic of the region's once booming timber industry.

slgwv

Mono County, California

Hot Creek Geological Site

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Ysabet

Added by Ysabet

June Lake, California

Obsidian Dome

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

Added by scottdfrank

Hawthorne, Nevada

Hawthorne Ordnance Museum

Once a staging site for World War II munitions.

Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States and an abandoned gold mine and ghost town all in one place!

WhiteTrashPeg

Added by WhiteTrashPeg

Tonopah, Nevada

McFarthest Spot

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

littlebrumble

Added by littlebrumble

Columbus, Nevada

Candelaria

This silver-mining camp has been active intermittently from the 1860s to the present.

slgwv

Esmeralda County, Nevada

Coaldale, Nevada

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

amboy

Seattle, Washington

Denny Substation

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

tjmuehleman

Added by tjmuehleman

Seattle, Washington

J.P. Patches Statue

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

kjmoore12

Added by kjmoore12

Seattle, Washington

Fremont Bridge

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Seattle, Washington

Rubber Chicken Museum

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe

Seattle, Washington

Amazon Spheres

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

Jake Uitti

Added by Jake Uitti

Seattle, Washington

Gas Works Park

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Mira

Seattle, Washington

Fremont Troll

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Gold Bar, Washington

Espresso Chalet

A 14-foot-tall Bigfoot statue stands guard over this café and filming location.

Added by Gizmo Chaos

Monroe, Washington

Wayside Chapel

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.

fuzzymonkey4231

Added by fuzzymonkey4231

Nevada Northern Railway Museum

This former mining railroad is one of the best-preserved short lines in North America.

Ornithomancer

Added by Ornithomancer

Moapa Valley, Nevada

Mouse's Tank

Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Cathedral Gorge

Narrow slot canyons in a badland eroded into soft sedimentary rock provide an otherworldly landscape in this remote Nevada state park.

slgwv

Metropolis Ghost Town

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.

slgwv

Fort Bowie National Historic Site

The former home of the army detachment that captured Geronimo.

mikewalker

Added by mikewalker

Chokoloskee, Florida

Ted Smallwood Store

A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.

Rachel

Added by Rachel