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Rebecca Schandel

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2017

Spending Kids Inheritance on visiting Atlas sites. After 40 years of on and off travel, love adding the obscura sites to my holidays..

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West Virginia Visitor

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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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25 States Visited

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Foods Rebecca Schandel Wants to Try

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Foods I want to try

Foods this traveler wants to try.

"The Corinth," one of many offerings in John Matthews's 1882 soda fountain catalog.

Gastro

Victorian Soda Fountains

Once upon a time, getting your carbonation fix required a visit to a monstrous machine.

A modern spread of Reveillon delights.

Gastro

Réveillon Dinner

This French Creole Christmas Eve tradition takes midnight munchies to a whole new level.

Pitchers of pulque curado.

Gastro

Pulque

Tequila's ancient, fermented cousin is making a comeback in Mexico City.

They look like mini melons, but they taste like sour cucumbers.

Fruits & Vegetables

Cucamelon

Mexico's “mouse melon” is actually a tiny cucumber.