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pjrussell

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2015

Canadian, Architect, lover of the obscure.
tsinghua.academia.edu/PeterRussell

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Horseshoe Bend

Page, Arizona

Horseshoe Bend

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

Antelope Canyon

Page, Arizona

Antelope Canyon

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

The Mojave phone booth.

San Bernardino County, California

Mojave Phone Booth

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

Ernest Hemingway's Grave

Sun Valley, Idaho

Ernest Hemingway's Grave

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

Kings Bowl and Great Rift from air. King's Bowl is a phreatic explosion pit 280 feet (90 m) long, 100 feet (30 m) wide, and 100 feet (30 m) deep, caused by lava meeting groundwater and producing a steam explosion 2,200 years ago. (Wikimedia Commons)

Arco, Idaho

Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

The Berkeley Pit

Butte, Montana

The Berkeley Pit

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

Point Roberts.

Point Roberts, Washington

Point Roberts

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

Ballard Bridge with open drawbridge to allow passage of a ship, March 13, 1918

Seattle, Washington

Ballard Bridge

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

Dry Falls

Coulee City, Washington

Dry Falls

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

Twede's Cafe

North Bend, Washington

Twede's Cafe

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega

Washington, D.C.

Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

Starship Enterprise NCC-1701

Washington, D.C.

Starship Enterprise NCC-1701

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

La Rotonda del Mar

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

La Rotonda del Mar

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

Looking up from the entrance to the Hidden Beach.

Islas Marietas, Mexico

Hidden Beach

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

A canopied entrance to the once luxurious hotel (Flickr/oladybug0)

San Blas, Mexico

Playa Hermosa

A wild Hollywood resort thwarted by mosquitoes.

The raw power of 600,000 candles

Mazatlán, Mexico

El Faro de Mazatlán

From Nunavut to Tierra del Fuego, you won't find any lighthouse higher than this one.

El Arco

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

The Arch of Cabo San Lucas

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

Sanctuaries of Difunta Correa

Caucete, Argentina

Sanctuaries of Difunta Correa

Trash-filled shrines to an unofficial saint known for her endless breast milk dot the highways of Argentina.

Monumento la Carreta

Montevideo, Uruguay

Monumento la Carreta

An epic sculpture depicting a wagon and straining oxen.

Palacio Salvo

Montevideo, Uruguay

Palacio Salvo

The design of the Palacio Salvo has been described as "a lighthouse on top of a building."

Plaza de Toros

Colonia Del Sacramento, Uruguay

Plaza de Toros

Abandoned bull fighting ring, slowly falling apart in Uruguay.

Cementerio de la Recoleta

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cementerio de la Recoleta

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

Artists display their wares along Caminito.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Caminito

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

Ancient Agora, Athens

Athens, Greece

The Athenian Agora

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

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