Annetta Black's User Profile - Atlas Obscura
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South Lake Tahoe, California

Vikingsholm Castle

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.
Batu Caves, Malaysia

Batu Caves

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.
Wahiawa, Hawaii

World's Largest Plant Maze

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.
Barnard Castle, England

The Silver Swan

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.
Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands

Wreck of HMS Bounty

The watery grave of Captain Bligh's famous ship.
Waimangu, New Zealand

Lake Rotomahana

The once and future home of New Zealand's famed Pink and White Terraces.
Micronesia

Ghost Fleet of Truk Lagoon

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.
Pozzuoli, Italy

Phlegraean Fields

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.
San Francisco, California

Palace of Fine Arts

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
Vallejo, California

Mare Island Naval Cemetery

The oldest Naval cemetery on the West Coast.
Pozzuoli, Italy

Monte Nuovo

Italy's "New Mountain" rose from the ground in a volcanic eruption in 1538.
Wiltshire, England

Longleat Hedge Maze

The longest hedge maze in the world.
Istanbul, Turkey

Basilica Cisterns of Istanbul

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.
New York, New York

Strecker Memorial Laboratory

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.
New York, New York

Roosevelt Island Octagon Tower

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.
New York, New York

Roosevelt Island Cat Sanctuary

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.
Richmond, California

Point Molate

Abandoned landscape once home to "the world's largest winery."
Seville, Spain

Tomb of Christopher Columbus

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.
Venice, Italy

San Servolo Insane Asylum Museum

Venice's "Island of the Mad."
Fujinomiya, Japan

Tenshou-Kyousha Shrine Mermaid Mummy

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.
Denbigh, Wales

Denbigh Castle Ruins

Picturesque ruins once held off mighty armies.
Banff, Alberta

Banff Merman

A mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas.
Llangennith, Wales

Worm's Head Tidal Island

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.
Gothenburg, Sweden

Gothenburg Medical History Museum

A 200-year-old collection of medical paraphernalia in a historic house.