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Shoshi Parks

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2016

Anthropologist, freelance writer, environmental steward, wannabe farmer, world observer, history buff, obsessive traveler.
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Bete Giyorgis

Lalibela, Ethiopia

Bete Giyorgis of Lalibela

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

Goats on the roof.

Coombs, British Columbia

Old Country Market

This quirky countryside store is known for the goats that hang out and eat the grass on its roof.

Fisgard Lighthouse

Victoria, British Columbia

Fisgard Lighthouse

An operating lighthouse from the 1860s.

Looking in from the Pandora St. entrance.

Victoria, British Columbia

Fan Tan Alley

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

Canso Bomber Plane Crash

Tofino, British Columbia

Canso Bomber Crash Site

The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.

Whistler Train Wreck

Whistler, British Columbia

Whistler Train Wreck

The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.

Capilano Suspension Bridge

North Vancouver, British Columbia

Capilano Suspension Bridge

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

Digital Orca

Vancouver, British Columbia

Digital Orca

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

The Gastown steam clock

Vancouver, British Columbia

Gastown Steam Clock

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Garden - Maple Hall Courtyard.

Vancouver, British Columbia

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

Maze

Vancouver, British Columbia

VanDusen Garden's Elizabethan Hedge Maze

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

Uncle John's Tree

San Francisco, California

Uncle John's Tree at McLaren Lodge

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

Beach Chalet WPA Murals

San Francisco, California

Beach Chalet WPA Murals

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

The gigantic Murphy Windmill

San Francisco, California

Murphy Windmill

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

Prayer Book Cross

San Francisco, California

Prayer Book Cross

A monumental cross hides in the trees in Golden Gate Park.

Drawn Stone

San Francisco, California

Drawn Stone

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

Battery Chamberlin

San Francisco, California

Battery Chamberlin

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

Mild winter time photo

San Francisco, California

Spreckels Temple of Music

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

Dutch (North) Windmill from the beach.

San Francisco, California

Dutch Windmill

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Treasure Island as seen from Yerba Buena Island

San Francisco, California

Treasure Island

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

Boutique below and legs above

San Francisco, California

Dangling Legs at the Piedmont Boutique

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

San Francisco Botanical Garden

San Francisco, California

San Francisco Botanical Garden

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

The larger of the two stone circles is tucked away just off a winding path

San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Park Druid Circles

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

You can make out individual letters and portions of words.

San Francisco, California

Buena Vista Park Tombstones

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

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