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Lukeslytalker

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2016

My name is Nate Balcom. I’m a web designer, developer and blogger.

When I travel I like to seek out little corners of the world I didn't know existed.
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Aokigahara Forest

Fujinomiya-shi, Japan

Aokigahara Forest

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

The Conch Republic

Key West, Florida

The Conch Republic

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

Enjoying the view at Jules'.

Key Largo, Florida

Underwater Hotel in Key Largo

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

The museum as viewed from the street.

Miami Beach, Florida

World Erotic Art Museum

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

The DalĂ­ Museum

St. Petersburg, Florida

Salvador DalĂ­ Museum

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Tunnel Number 3

New York, New York

Tunnel Number 3

Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."

Frick's Lock and the Limerick Nuclear Power Plant

Pottstown, Pennsylvania

Frick's Lock

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

Archbald Pothole

Archbald, Pennsylvania

Archbald Pothole

It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.

Wildcat Falls, Hellam Township
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Hellam, Pennsylvania

Hellam Township

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

Roadside America
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Shartlesville, Pennsylvania

Roadside America

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

Once the home of the Southwestern High School Prospectors.
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Detroit, Michigan

Southwestern High School

This empty Detroit high school was too expensive to maintain or destroy.

Photo by Carrie Burnett

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit Salt Mine

Over a thousand feet beneath the Detroit streets is a subterranean metropolis few are allowed to enter.

Wicker Park

Chicago, Illinois

Wicker Park

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

Rainbo Club

Chicago, Illinois

Rainbo Club

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

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.

Mars Cheese Castle

Kenosha, Wisconsin

Mars Cheese Castle

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

Ypsilanti Water Tower

Ypsilanti, Michigan

Ypsilanti Water Tower

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

Graffiti Alley - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Graffiti Alley - Ann Arbor

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

The Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair interior
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Ann Arbor, Michigan

Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair

Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.

Kitch-iti-kipi

Manistique, Michigan

Kitch-iti-kipi

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

Skull Cave

Mackinac Island, Michigan

Skull Cave

This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.

Steelcase Pyramid

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Steelcase Pyramid

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

Explosives found at the scene.

Bath Township, Michigan

Bath School Massacre Memorial

A park and memorial dedicated to the victims of the deadliest school massacre in American history.

Splashing stones in the distance

Grand Rapids, Michigan

'Handfuls of Small Stones'

In Grand Rapids, Michigan, a marker honors the creation story of a proud fictional culture.

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