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Michael Woodruff

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2015

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Temperance Fountain

Washington, D.C.

Temperance Fountain

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

Capitalsaurus Court

Washington, D.C.

Capitalsaurus Court

The discovery site of the "Capitalsaurus," the official dinosaur of Washington, D.C.

Exterior West side.

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City Workhouse

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

A typical SubTropolis building.

Kansas City, Missouri

SubTropolis

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

Silky O'Sullivan's

Memphis, Tennessee

Silky O'Sullivan's

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

H.U. Lee International Gate

Little Rock, Arkansas

H.U. Lee International Gate and Garden

A beautiful South Korean gate and garden in Little Rock honors American Taekwondo.

Minnie Pearl Chicken Wire Sculpture

Centerville, Tennessee

Minnie Pearl Chicken Wire Statue

In the hometown of the Grand Ole Opry star is a larger-than-life memorial statue made entirely from chicken wire.

First glimps of spectre through the styrofoam trees

Millbrook, Alabama

Spectre Set Ruins

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

Signal Mountaint's spaceship house

Signal Mountain, Tennessee

Spaceship House

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

UFO Welcome Center
Permanently Closed

Bowman, South Carolina

UFO Welcome Center

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

Wooden walls at the Green Mill

Chicago, Illinois

Green Mill Jazz Club

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

McDonald's First Store Museum
Permanently Closed

Des Plaines, Illinois

McDonald's First Store Museum

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

Rock N Roll McDonald's and Museum
Permanently Closed

Chicago, Illinois

Rock N Roll McDonald's and Museum

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

As there are no street signs on Carroll Avenue, people spray paint both locations and overhead cross streets to keep others from getting lost

Chicago, Illinois

Carroll Avenue

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

The exterior of the new store
Permanently Closed

Chicago, Illinois

Wicker Park Secret Agent Supply Co.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

The Violet Hour
Permanently Closed

Chicago, Illinois

The Violet Hour

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

Shit Fountain

Chicago, Illinois

Shit Fountain

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

Wigwam Village No. 2. (Wikimedia Commons)

Cave City, Kentucky

Wigwam Village #2

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

Well-maintained catacombs exist to this day under the popular City Market

Indianapolis, Indiana

Market Street Catacombs

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

Glore Psychiatric Museum

St. Joseph, Missouri

Glore Psychiatric Museum

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

A small part of the Funk collection.

Shirley, Illinois

Funk Gem and Mineral Museum

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures

Tucson, Arizona

Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

Rush Ghost Town

Yellville, Arkansas

Rush Ghost Town

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

Pavek Museum

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Pavek Museum

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