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As a "Military Brat" (USMC) I'd traveled from one coast of the USA to the other three times and lived in Hawaii plus 6 other states before I reached my teens. While going cross country we stopped at many historic & unusual spots, all of which led to a great appreciation for both. Hopefully I'll be able to add a number of spots that I've been to with pictures I've taken there, as well as "flesh out" spots that are already on the list with original photos, though some places will have to wait until I can scan my 35mm slides. I love old books, Victorian houses, Art Deco style, anything Tesla-related, old tools & items related to woodworking, electricity & radio/phono/TV recording, musicmaking and broadcasting history. The more unique & unusual/quirky/offbeat the better. Thanks to the creativity, intelligence and/or a unique outlook on life of others, we are lucky enough to have a world of wonderments to find and explore. Happy hunting, finding and enjoying the Obscure and Original!

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Graffiti Pier.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Graffiti Pier (Pier 18)

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

Rolls-Royce Foundation

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

The Rolls-Royce Foundation Museum

A museum and research center dedicated to preserving the history of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars.

The St. Clair monument.

Greensburg, Pennsylvania

St. Clair Park

Originally a cemetery, this city park remains speckled with a handful of scattered gravestones.

Christian Sanderson Museum

Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania

Christian Sanderson Museum

An unusual and eclectic collection of local historical memorabilia.

Grand Midway Hotel

Windber, Pennsylvania

Grand Midway Hotel

An occult-y, historic hotel with the World's Largest Ouija board on the roof.

The abandoned building.

Pittston, Pennsylvania

Abandoned Knox Coal Distribution Center

The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.

Gene Kelly's plaque outside the William Pitt Union.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Gene Kelly's Pittsburgh Plaque

This plaque marks a place where one of Hollywood’s most famous dancers got his start.

Some of the tweezers.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Penn Museum's Collection of Ancient Tweezers

These medicine cabinet staples are part of the museum's collection of everyday objects.

Recycled Cascade Park rollercoasters.

New Castle, Pennsylvania

Cascade Park

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

The roof where Peter was playing tennis.

Monroeville, Pennsylvania

Monroeville Mall

The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."

Dunkle's Gulf Service.

Bedford, Pennsylvania

Dunkle's Gulf Service

This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.

Edison concrete houses along Polk Street in Gary, Indiana

Montclair, New Jersey

Thomas Edison's Concrete Houses

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

Whitman's tomb.

Camden, New Jersey

Walt Whitman's Grave

The final resting place of one of the United States's greatest poets.

A statue of Hadrosaurus in downtown Haddonfield.

Haddonfield, New Jersey

Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy Site

The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.

Wurstkuchl (Sausage Kitchen)

Regensburg, Germany

Wurstkuchl (Sausage Kitchen)

This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.

The Big Apple

Colborne, Ontario

The Big Apple

This giant roadside fruit is home to an array of apple-based treats.

Coffee & Porcelain

London, England

The Attendant, Fitzrovia

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

The interior of the cafe.

Vienna, Austria

Justizcafe

A rooftop restaurant hides in plain sight atop Vienna's Palace of Justice.

The Crooked House in 2023, a few months before the fire and demolition.

Dudley, England

The Crooked House

This pub can leave even the sober feeling slightly unsteady.

There are various flavors available.

Kobayashi, Japan

Crepe Vending Machine

Ever needed a chocolate-filled crepe in the wee hours of the morning?

Redpath Sugar Refinery Museum

Toronto, Ontario

Redpath Sugar Refinery Museum

In the back of a bustling factory lurks a quiet museum honoring the history of Canadian sugar manufacturing.

The Gamble room.

London, England

Victoria & Albert Museum Dining Rooms

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

Pasadena Cheeseburger Plaque

Pasadena, California

Pasadena Cheeseburger Plaque

A California city claims to be the home of a fast-food classic.

Annie's Paramount Steakhouse

Washington, D.C.

Annie's Paramount Steakhouse

This restaurant has been a haven for D.C.'s LGBTQ community since the 1950s.

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