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MandrewPatinkin

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2018

NJ based 04/2020 - current;NYC based 03/1982 - 04/2020

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Emilio Carranza Memorial

Tabernacle, New Jersey

Emilio Carranza Memorial

Rising out of a clearing in New Jersey's Pine Barrens is an Aztec-inspired monument to the "Lindbergh of Mexico."

Brooksbrae Brick Factory

Manchester Township, New Jersey

Brooksbrae Brick Factory

Hidden deep within New Jersey Pine Barrens is a massive graffiti wonderland.

Glenn "Divine" Millstead's headstone

Towson, Maryland

Divine's Headstone

The final resting place of an iconic drag performer is decorated with pearls and hot-pink lipstick.

Physical Graffiti Building

New York, New York

Physical Graffiti Building

The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.

Ralph Kramden Statue

New York, New York

Ralph Kramden Statue

An homage to Jackie Gleason's bus-driving character from 'The Honeymooners.'

Mighty Joe the Gorilla

Shamong, New Jersey

Mighty Joe the Gorilla

This 25-foot-tall gorilla made his way from the Wildwood boardwalk to a Pine Barrens gas station and deli.

The Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

New York, New York

The Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

Willowbrook State School.

Staten Island, New York

Willowbrook State School

Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.

Holtermann's Bakery

Staten Island, New York

Holtermann's Bakery

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

A rock formation at the New York Chinese Scholar's Garden

Staten Island, New York

New York Chinese Scholar's Garden

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

The Faery Cave

Great Meadows, New Jersey

The Faery Cave

A small cave hidden deep within the Jenny Jump State Forest.

Todt Hill

Staten Island, New York

Todt Hill

The highest natural point in New York City and all of the Atlantic coastal plain.

Mausoleum of BG Egbert Ludovicus Viele

West Point, New York

Mausoleum of Egbert Ludovicus Viele

The Brigadier General was so afraid of being buried alive that he had a buzzer installed in his mausoleum, just in case he woke up.

The Germantown White House, a.k.a. the Deshler-Morris House.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Germantown White House

The oldest surviving presidential residence in the United States.

Today, teenagers gather around the tree, and often deface it.

Bernards Township, New Jersey

Devil's Tree

An allegedly cursed tree represents a town's reckoning with a racist past.

The Allaire Dinosaurs
Permanently Closed

Allenwood, New Jersey

The Allaire Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs, magic, and wonder are hidden amid the forests of Allaire State Park.

The tower in mid summer

Chatsworth, New Jersey

Apple Pie Hill Fire Tower

How this Pine Barrens hill got its name is uncertain, but on a good day the view from the fire tower is crystal clear.

Historic Walnford

Allentown, New Jersey

Historic Walnford

Inside Crosswicks Creek Park resides an estate chronicling 200 years of history.

The cave from the front.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cave of Kelpius

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

Shrine of the Immaculate Virgin

Staten Island, New York

Shrine of the Immaculate Virgin

Devotional offerings and pleas for intercession are left at this Depression-era shrine inside a nature preserve.

SS Morro Castle Monument

Asbury Park, New Jersey

SS Morro Castle Monument

Memorial to the 137 lives lost on a ship fire, the whole hulk of which washed up on the Asbury Park shore.

Madam Marie's Psychic Booth

Asbury Park, New Jersey

Madam Marie's Psychic Booth

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

Silverball Museum Arcade

Asbury Park, New Jersey

Silverball Museum Arcade

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

Asbury Park Casino and Carousel House

Asbury Park, New Jersey

Asbury Park Casino and Carousel House

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

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