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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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Places Added by Rebecca Schandel

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Grave of Joseph Stillwell Cain Jr. (October 10, 1832 – April 17, 1904)

Mobile, Alabama

Joe Cain’s Grave

Pay your respects to the man who revived the Mardi Gras celebration in Mobile, Alabama.

This loyal guardian watches over the children.

Mobile, Alabama

Nott Family Plott

A faithful dog is forever watching over the family children.

Trains weighing up to 70 lbs.

Mobile, Alabama

Mobile Carnival Museum

In 1703, French settlers in what is now Mobile celebrated the first Mardi Gras celebration in the United States.

Ohrmann Museum & Gallery

Drummond, Montana

Ohrmann Museum & Gallery

A metal menagerie fills the yard of this museum and gallery, the work of Montana artist Bill Ohrmann.

Ardmore Ghost Town

Ardmore, South Dakota

Ardmore Ghost Town

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.