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Doug Gerlach

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2009

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Follow travelers to discover remarkable places through their journeys.

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Places I've been

Places this traveler has marked as been there.

James K. Polk Home and Museum

Columbia, Tennessee

James K. Polk Home and Museum

The former home of the 11th president of the United States.

Whiskey barrels in the distillery.

Lynchburg, Tennessee

Jack Daniel's Distillery Tour

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

The OG cheeseburger.

Nashville, Tennessee

Brown's Diner

This beloved cheeseburger-slinging trailer holds Nashville's oldest beer license.

Flaky, crispy sambusas for breakfast.

Nashville, Tennessee

The Horn

Sambusas get a Deep Southern twist at this Somali chai haven.

Lane Motor Museum

Nashville, Tennessee

Lane Motor Museum

Located inside a former bread factory, this museum explores a century of transportation history through innovations that were extraordinary or failures—sometimes both.

Nashville Parthenon

Nashville, Tennessee

Concrete Parthenon

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

The Nations Silo.

Nashville, Tennessee

The Nations Silo

An enormous mural of a local Nashville resident adorns this abandoned silo.

The beautiful Egyptian Revival interior.

Nashville, Tennessee

Downtown Presbyterian Church

Victorian-era Egyptomania left its mark on this Nashville landmark.

The Ryman Auditorium Gates, which let out into the alley.

Nashville, Tennessee

Ryman Alley

The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.

Saint Mary's Church.

Nashville, Tennessee

Saint Mary of the Seven Sorrows Catholic Church

This church houses the “incorrupt” body of its founding Bishop.

James K. Polk Tomb

Nashville, Tennessee

President James K. Polk's Tomb

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

The Pinchot Sycamore

Simsbury, Connecticut

The Pinchot Sycamore

This sycamore is Connecticut's largest tree, New England's largest sycamore, and among the largest of its kind nationwide.

The Pygmy Pine Forests of the Pine Barrens

Barnegat Township, New Jersey

The Pygmy Pine Forests of the Pine Barrens

In the heart of the Pine Barrens, entire forests of pitch pines that usually grow 20–90 feet tall only reach six feet in height.

Hunter House Hamburgers

Birmingham, Michigan

Hunter House Hamburgers

Classic burger joint that’s been serving up sliders since 1952.

Plaque marking the spot where Goebel was shot

Frankfort, Kentucky

Site of William Goebel's Assassination

The 34th governor of Kentucky was sworn into office while on his deathbed after being shot outside the State House.

Grave of Daniel Boone

Frankfort, Kentucky

Grave of Daniel Boone

This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.

Kentucky Floral Clock

Frankfort, Kentucky

Kentucky Floral Clock

This huge clock made of flowers and simple machinery was once used a political weapon.

Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History

Bardstown, Kentucky

Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History

The history of whiskey and all of its boozy glory, from Colonial days to modern American cocktail culture.

Blenko Man

Weston, West Virginia

Blenko Man

This colorful West Virginia cowboy greets passersby with a glassy stare.

James C. Dent House

Washington, D.C.

James C. Dent House

Now a living classroom, this house was once the home of Reverend James Clinton Dent, a formerly enslaved man and a pastor.

The main entrance into the Asylum.

Weston, West Virginia

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

The market from above

Washington, D.C.

Maine Avenue Fish Market

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

A shoe transmitter

Washington, D.C.

International Spy Museum

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The original boathouse was built in the 1870s.

New York, New York

Central Park Boathouse

With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.

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