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MrPExplores

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2018

I am a history teacher, explorer and administrator of Mr. P. Explores, a Facebook community which features both videos and photo shoot explorations of old ruins, roadside oddities and abandoned locations. Swing by and check out all of the zany adventures we've had so far!
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A closer look at one of the many houses

Springfield, Ohio

Hartman Rock Garden

A miniature world of concrete and stone in Springfield, Ohio.

American Sign Museum

Cincinnati, Ohio

American Sign Museum

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

Staircase down to the geode cave

Put-in-Bay, Ohio

Crystal Cave

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

Elmer Long's Bottle Tree Ranch

Oro Grande, California

Elmer Long's Bottle Tree Ranch

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Female lion

Amboy, California

Guardian Lions of Route 66

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The entrance to the Gates of Hell.

Columbus, Ohio

Gates of Hell

The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.

Franklin Castle in Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Franklin Castle

A history of tragedy and a pile of eerie stories have contributed to this house's consistent ranking as one of the most haunted places in Ohio.

Spring Grove Cemetery

Cincinnati, Ohio

Spring Grove Cemetery

This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.

Cornhenge

Dublin, Ohio

Cornhenge

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

Ash Cave.

Logan, Ohio

The Caves of Hocking Hills State Park

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

The Topiary Park

Columbus, Ohio

The Topiary Park

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

Prophet Isaiah's Second Coming House

Niagara Falls, New York

Prophet Isaiah's Second Coming House

Quite possibly the last cross all humans will ever see.

Abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center
Permanently Closed

Kings Park, New York

Abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

112 Ocean Avenue in 1973.

Amityville, New York

Amityville Horror House

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

Looking across the Hudson River towards New Jersey, at night

New York, New York

The High Line

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Iron Soup

Campbell, Ohio

Iron Soup

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

Kewpee Angel

Lima, Ohio

Kewpee Hamburgers

This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.

The Crystal King

West Liberty, Ohio

Ohio Caverns

These sub-farmland caves are home to a majestic stalactite known as the "Crystal King."

Moonville Tunnel

McArthur, Ohio

Moonville Tunnel

The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.

Ohio State Reformatory.

Mansfield, Ohio

Ohio State Reformatory

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

‘A Christmas Story’ House and Museum

Cleveland, Ohio

‘A Christmas Story’ House and Museum

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

An aerial view of Serpent Mound in the fall.

Peebles, Ohio

The Great Serpent Mound

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

Visitors board a diesel locomotive.

Bellevue, Ohio

Mad River and NKP Railroad Museum

In northern Ohio, the glorious past of America's trains is on full display.

Big Muskie Bucket

McConnelsville, Ohio

Big Muskie Bucket

All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.

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