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Kevin OKeeffe

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2012

Born in Alabama, 1970. Lived in (primarily Northern) California, 1972-2011. Presently residing in eastern South Dakota.

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Russian post clearly indicating Border Crossing No. 487.

Teshig, Mongolia

Mongolia/Russia Border Crossing No. 487

This extremely remote border crossing was closed to prevent smuggling and looting.

Balancing Rock

Tiverton, Nova Scotia

Balancing Rock

This massive rock column in Canada is perched on a corner of its base, seeming to defy gravity.

The wreckage and memorial.

Greenville, Maine

B52 Crash Site

The debris forms a solemn memorial to those who died in a 1963 accident.

Dining room at the Madonna Inn

San Luis Obispo, California

Madonna Inn

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Bangor Opera House.

Bangor, Maine

Bangor Opera House

This Art Deco theater is the last remaining opera house in the “little Broadway of the North.”

Camel Rock.

Mountain Township, Illinois

Garden of the Gods

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

After extensive renovations in the 1990s, the mine was opened to the public.

Scotia, Nebraska

Happy Jack Chalk Mine

After sitting abandoned for decades, this historic mine is now the only publicly accessible chalk room and pillar mine in North America.

Model of the Steamboat Bertrand.

Missouri Valley, Iowa

Steamboat Bertrand Museum

Thousands of objects from a steamboat wreck reveal an extraordinary snapshot of American frontier life in 1865.

The largest collection of lunar meteorites in the world.

Bethel, Maine

Maine Mineral & Gem Museum

A showcase of geologic history is home to one of the largest collection of lunar meteorites on Earth.

Guardians of the Seeds Trolls

Boothbay, Maine

Guardians of the Seeds Trolls

Five mythical trolls have taken up residence in woods and hidden on paths at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.

Mount Hope Cemetery

Bangor, Maine

Mount Hope Cemetery

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

Charcuterie

Unity, Maine

Charcuterie

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

Buckle Island

Swans Island, Maine

Buckle Island

This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.

Eartha. Europe Africa Asia

Yarmouth, Maine

Eartha

The world's largest rotating world.

One of the many Wild West style buildings.

Deer Isle, Maine

Nervous Nellie's Jams and Jellies

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

The Wedding Cake House.

Kennebunk, Maine

The Wedding Cake House

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

Over 1000 tiny things at any time, constantly changing.

Fargo, North Dakota

Tiny Things

North Dakota's smallest store only has tiny items.

Blast Furnace

Brownville, Maine

Katahdin Iron Works

The remains of a large iron mill that once stood in the remote woods of northern Maine.

Sputnik crash site marker

Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Sputnik IV Crash Site

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

One of the massive steel dragons.

Marshfield, Wisconsin

Jurustic Park

"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.

Goats with sign

Sister Bay, Wisconsin

Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

Mansion Exterior

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Pabst Mansion

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

Mars Cheese Castle

Kenosha, Wisconsin

Mars Cheese Castle

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

The room Bennett used for photographic portraits

Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin

H. H. Bennett Studio

This former studio belonging to a pioneer in photography stands in a picturesque landscape with unique rock formations.

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