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Doug Gerlach

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2009

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Follow travelers to discover remarkable places through their journeys.

My Travel Interests

  • Abandoned & Ruined
  • Architecture & Design
  • Art & Creativity
  • Culture & Society
  • Food & Drink
  • History & Conflict
  • Museums & Collections
  • Nature & Outdoors

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    As part of the West Virginia Destination Challenge, this badge celebrates the beginning of your journey through West Virginia's remarkable places. Every place you mark brings you closer to discovering more of what makes the Mountain State unique.

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    Ford's Route 66 Exploration Challenge

    You explored one of America's most iconic highways by marking at least three remarkable places along historic Route 66.

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Places I've been

Places this traveler has marked as been there.

Home plate at the "Field of Dreams" movie site.

Dyersville, Iowa

Field of Dreams Movie Site

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

4,000 pound wooden nickel

Iowa City, Iowa

World’s Largest Wooden Nickel

This 16-foot-diameter wooden coin has been standing in Iowa City since 2006.

"Earth as the Life-giver."

Lincoln, Nebraska

Nebraska State Capitol Mosaic Floor

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.

Lincoln Highway Memorial

Laramie, Wyoming

Lincoln Highway Monument

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

The original Saltair

Salt Lake City, Utah

Saltair

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

Metaphor: The Tree of Utah

Wendover, Utah

Metaphor: The Tree of Utah

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

Looking south at night.

Reno, Nevada

Old Reno Arch

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

Cyclisk stretches 65 feet straight into the air

Santa Rosa, California

Cyclisk - Santa Rosa Monument

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

Charles M. Schulz Museum

Santa Rosa, California

Charles M. Schulz Museum

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

Main Gallery of RLS Museum

St. Helena, California

Robert Louis Stevenson Museum

This California museum is home to one of the largest collections related to the 'Treasure Island' author.

Limberlost Cabin

Geneva, Indiana

The Limberlost Cabin

The inspirational cabin where Gene Stratton-Porter wrote many of her books.

Historic Public Market

St. Augustine, Florida

Historic Public Market

A market building entangled in St. Augustine's history of slavery and civil rights protest

Remnants of Rodriguez Arsian House

St. Augustine, Florida

Remnants of Rodriguez Arsian House

A vestige from St. Augustine's First Spanish Period, built from native coquina rock

St. Augustine Foot Soldiers Monument

St. Augustine, Florida

St. Augustine Foot Soldiers Monument

A bronze tribute to the everyday activists of St. Augustine's civil rights struggle

Lightner Museum

St. Augustine, Florida

Lightner Museum

A Gilded Age hotel turned eclectic museum of Tiffany glass and curiosities

I Street Bridge

West Sacramento, California

I Street Bridge

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

"Batnadoes" form at dusk.

Davis, California

Bats of Yolo Causeway

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

The Foresthill Bridge and the bridge it was meant to replace.

Auburn, California

Foresthill Bridge

The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.

Aerial photo of the Tower Bridge.

Sacramento, California

Tower Bridge

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

Sunol Water Temple

Sunol-Midtown, California

Sunol Water Temple

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

Wind Harp

South San Francisco, California

Wind Harp

A large instrument played by the wind.

The fish bikes across Lewis Park pond.

University City, Missouri

Fish on a Bicycle

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

St. Louis Walk of Fame

University City, Missouri

St. Louis Walk of Fame

A commemoration of over 150 of St. Louis's favorite sons and daughters.

The Adolfe Sax Room on the 1st floor.

St. Louis, Missouri

National Saxophone Museum

Explore more than 175 years of saxophone history.

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