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Mrawesome712

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2022

I love traveling, and one of my goals is to see every national park site in the U.S. I am one for the weird, and I love having fun.

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    You explored one of America's most iconic highways by marking at least three remarkable places along historic Route 66.

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Places I've been

Places this traveler has marked as been there.

Icelandic Phallological Museum

Reykjavik, Iceland

Icelandic Phallological Museum

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

Jökulsárlón

Iceland

Jökulsárlón

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

Hallgrimskirkja

Reykjavik, Iceland

Hallgrimskirkja

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Svartifoss

Iceland

Svartifoss

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

Blue Lagoon

Grindavík, Iceland

Blue Lagoon

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

William H. Webb
Permanently Closed

Brooklyn, New York

Webb and Bell

One of the first major shipyards in Brooklyn.

A helicopter landing on the roof of the Pan Am building (now Met Life building), 1966.
Permanently Closed

New York, New York

Site of the Pan Am Helipad

This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.

The Brooklyn Old Trolley Cars on the Beard Street Pier. (Wikimedia Commons)
Permanently Closed

Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Old Trolley Cars

Four cars from the old system were once on display, but were removed in 2014.

Abandoned pool with Gate House in the distance
Permanently Closed

Roslyn, New York

The Ruins of Harbor Hill

All that remains of a magnate's dream home is a historic gate and an abandoned public pool.

Niagara Science Museum
Permanently Closed

Niagara Falls, New York

Niagara Science Museum

Collection of antique science instruments displayed in recreated 1870-1930 laboratories.

Massimo Vignelli's much-debated 1972 subway map.
Permanently Closed

New York, New York

Vintage Massimo Vignelli Subway Map

There's a piece of New York City transportation history hidden in plain sight at a Manhattan subway stop.

Blaschka glass sea creature at the Corning Museum of Glass exhibit.
Permanently Closed

Ithaca, New York

Blaschka Glass Sea Creatures

These expertly crafted, scientifically accurate glass sea creatures were once an international phenomenon.

(Flickr/4rilla)
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Queens, New York

5 Pointz

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

The Department of Records visitor's center
Permanently Closed

New York, New York

City Hall Library

An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.

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.

Slicing up the durian.
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New York, New York

Durian NYC

The best place in New York to pick up the controversial, notoriously foul-smelling Asian "king of fruits."

Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

Dead Horse Bay
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Brooklyn, New York

Dead Horse Bay

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

Obscura Antiques and Oddities
Permanently Closed

New York, New York

Obscura Antiques and Oddities

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

Outside of the Yaphank Garage

Yaphank, New York

Yaphank Garage

A restored Shell gas station from 1937 that includes a tow truck, the original gas pumps, and the original office.

Multiple gap fillers along the edge of the platform.

New York, New York

14th Street-Union Square Moving Platforms

The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.

Red Hook Houses

Brooklyn, New York

Red Hook Houses

One of the largest public housing complexes in New York once visited by Eleanor Roosevelt.

Todt Hill

Staten Island, New York

Todt Hill

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

Looking up from the bottom.

Bronx, New York

West 230th Step Street

The longest step street in the city.

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