slgwv's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

slgwv

I'm a geologist by training and have taught at the University of Nevada, Reno. I've lived most of my life in the US west and currently reside outside Reno, Nevada. I like hiking and exploring 4wd roads, and continue to check out lots of out-of-the-way spots. A disclaimer: the infelicities in the text on a number of the places I've submitted are due to Atlas Obscura's editing. In case anyone's wondering, my avatar is a picture of Fissure Ridge, a volcanic eruptive center about 15 miles west of Gabbs, Nevada. In addition, more of my travels can be found at the Ipernity photo-sharing site:

http://www.ipernity.com/home/289859

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Mill Valley, California

Nike Missile Site SF-88L

Ride on a fully-restored Nike nuclear-tipped missile elevator from the Cold War.

Added by dangelo

Mountain View, California

Android Lawn Statues

A gathering of green robots at the Googleplex.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

West Alton, Missouri

Jones Confluence Point State Park

Stand at the point where the two mightiest rivers in the United States converge.

eschie

Added by eschie

Three Forks, Montana

Missouri Headwaters State Park

The source of America's longest river is also a historical landmark and the start of a famous nude run.

Added by ianlefk

Fort Valley, Arizona

Highest Toilet in Arizona

At 11,500 feet in elevation, there is no toilet in the state closer to the sky than this one.

WhiskeyBristles

Added by WhiskeyBristles

Farson, Wyoming

Big Sandy Crossing

This remote river crossing was a popular campground on American westward expansion trails, and a former Pony Express station.

Added by ianlefk

Northfield, Massachusetts

Northfield Mountain

The largest battery in New England sits atop a Massachusetts mountain.

Ophelia Ravenia

Added by Ophelia Ravenia

Port Hueneme, California

Point Mugu Missile Park

An outdoor display of military missiles developed at Point Mugu Naval Base.

Added by rstratton024

Ashland, Pennsylvania

Byrnesville

An underground blaze turned this village into a ghost town.

Ophelia Ravenia

Added by Ophelia Ravenia

East Texas Oil Museum

At this rural museum, visitors can experience "Boomtown U.S.A.," a lifelike re-creation of an oil boomtown in the 1930s.

Added by ianlefk

Hutchinson, Kansas

Strataca, The Kansas Underground Salt Museum

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

Dylan

Scranton, Pennsylvania

Electric City Trolley Museum

A museum dedicated to the history of electric interurban transit near the home of the first electric trolley system in the United States.

Ophelia Ravenia

Added by Ophelia Ravenia

Scranton, Pennsylvania

Scranton Iron Furnaces

Abandoned blast furnaces are an enduring reminder of Scranton's once booming iron business.

Ophelia Ravenia

Added by Ophelia Ravenia

Danville, Pennsylvania

Montour Preserve Fossil Pit

Construction uncovered this trove of fossils, which visitors are welcome to add to their own collections.

Ophelia Ravenia

Added by Ophelia Ravenia

Florence Hill, Nevada

Florence and Little Florence Mines

Exhibiting the tallest structure of its type in Nevada, this massive mining complex is frozen in time.

zliollio

Added by zliollio

Nye County, Nevada

Sailing Stones of Bonnie Claire Playa

Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Las Cruces, New Mexico

Space Murals Museum

The entire history of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program is painted on an enormous roadside water tank.

Added by ianlefk

Vicksburg, Mississippi

Lower Mississippi River Museum

A free museum that memorializes the deadliest river flood in American history, and the civil engineering efforts to tame the Mississippi River.

Added by ianlefk

Aspen, Colorado

Maroon Bells

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

thomasharper

Added by thomasharper

Marble, Colorado

Marble Mill Site Park

The site of a defunct mill, that once supplied marble for the construction of the Lincoln Memorial.

Added by kattrewerts

Idaho Initial Point

A volcanic core jutting above the plain between the Snake and Boise Rivers, a marker identifies the reference point for all U.S. Government Surveys in Idaho.

Added by DenverApplehans

Dolores, Colorado

Memorial Rock

A boulder so big and tough, they had to turn it into a landmark.

mikewalker

Added by mikewalker

Lee Vining, California

Grave of the Unknown Prospector

A new monument to an old grave that was uncovered during the rebuilding of a California ghost town.

Added by cameronksereno

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Moravian Book Shop

One of the world's oldest continually operating bookstores.

funerealephemera

Added by funerealephemera