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phildzielski

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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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Beacon Food Forest

Seattle, Washington

Beacon Food Forest

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

Caelum

Barcelona, Spain

Caelum

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

Tupperware Confidence Center
Permanently Closed

Orlando, Florida

Tupperware Confidence Center

A museum preserving one company’s history of preserving food.

Two giant cones of pommes frites greet visitors.

Bruges, Belgium

Frietmuseum

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

The backyard features a giant mural by local artist Hawk Krall.
Permanently Closed

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pizza Brain's Museum of Pizza Culture

Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.

Jinkwansa Temple

Jingwan-gil, South Korea

Jinkwansa Temple

An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.

Our Lady of Lourdes French Meat Pie

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Our Lady of Lourdes French Meat Pie

This French Canadian classic is a specialty of the oldest continually used church in Minneapolis.

It takes quiet and calm to milk a moose.

Bjurholm, Sweden

Älgens Hus (The Moose House)

A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of the rare, creamy delicacy that is moose cheese.

The underground bookstore.

Sonora, California

Legends Books, Antiques & Soda Fountain

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

Audra Kunkle mounts some specimens in a workspace above the store.
Permanently Closed

San Francisco, California

Loved to Death

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Abandoned Summit Greenhouse
Permanently Closed

Summit, New Jersey

Abandoned Summit Greenhouse

An enormous overgrown greenhouse teeming with graffiti and wildlife.

Transmitter Park

Brooklyn, New York

Transmitter Park

Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.

The U.S. Pizza Museum
Permanently Closed

Chicago, Illinois

The U.S. Pizza Museum

In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.

The KC97 Statofreigher from the street

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado’s Airplane Restaurant

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

Tchai-Ovna House of Tea
Permanently Closed

Glasgow, Scotland

Tchai-Ovna House of Tea

Hidden on a cobblestone street in Glasgow, a Czech Cajovna-inspired teahouse serves as a hangout for Bohemians.

Giant Life Savers Roll.

Gouverneur, New York

Giant Life Savers Roll

A giant roll of mints marks the birthplace of one of America's most famous candy brands.

Grimshawes Post Office.

Cashiers, North Carolina

Grimshawes Post Office

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

Minnesota's Largest Candy Store

Jordan, Minnesota

Minnesota's Largest Candy Store

This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.

First Peanut Museum in the U.S.

Waverly, Virginia

First Peanut Museum in the U.S.

A museum in the heart of Virginia peanut country devoted to the humble goober.

Boomer.

New Hope, Pennsylvania

Boomer

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

One of the coke ovens.

Gallitzin, Pennsylvania

Glenn White Coke Ovens

A hidden piece of Altoona's railroad history in a long-forgotten abandoned town.

Donora Smog Museum

Donora, Pennsylvania

Donora Smog Museum and Historical Society

A museum commemorating the Donora Smog, which killed 20 people in October 1948 and sparked national outrage over air pollution.

The ruins of Wehrum.

Vintondale, Pennsylvania

Wehrum

The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.

Street paved with wood.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Roslyn Place

The last street in Pittsburgh that's paved with wood.

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