j3taylor's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

j3taylor

Just some guy who likes to travel, wander, and look for odd experiences. While I'm currently located in Cave Creek AZ... I get out of the states at least twice a year for work turned into vacations. It's amazing how many places I can check off, based on "latest places" that I've already been to

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Places visited in San Diego, California

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Places edited in Tempe, Arizona

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Places visited in Phoenix, Arizona

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Places visited in Ercolano, Italy

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Places edited in Sedona, Arizona

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Holbrook, Arizona

'Highway of Dreams' 1932 Studebaker

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

Added by ianlefk

Holbrook, Arizona

Petrified Forest National Park

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

AllisonEng

Added by AllisonEng

Mexican Hat, Utah

Mexican Hat

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.

Dark Nebula Deluxe

Added by Dark Nebula Deluxe

Chinle, Arizona

Canyon de Chelly National Monument

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

bobbiem91

Added by bobbiem91

Chandler, Arizona

Momentum

A $100,000 tumbleweed decorates an Arizona park and ride that got its priorities a bit tangled.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Chandler, Arizona

Tumbleweed Christmas Tree

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

New York, New York

John M. Mossman Lock Collection

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.

Added by Brook WilenskyLanford

Stevenson, Washington

Beacon Rock

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

kelseythomas

Added by kelseythomas

Ercolano, Italy

House of the Wooden Partition

Well-preserved, still-functional sliding wood doors from Ancient Rome can be found in this Vesuvius-stricken house.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

Mdina Dungeons Museum

See Malta’s history through the recreation of scenes of torture using life-sized mannequins in a former medieval dungeon.

Dark Nebula Deluxe

Added by Dark Nebula Deluxe

Meridian Line of Basilica di San Petronio

A massive line that stretches across the floor of Bologna’s largest church was created by a 17th-century scientist to measure the movements of the Sun.

Dark Nebula Deluxe

Added by Dark Nebula Deluxe

North Bonneville, Washington

Bonneville Lock & Dam

Boats and fish both find their way through this massive hydroelectric structure.

chicknrice

Added by chicknrice

Zaandam, Netherlands

Verfmolen De Kat

This windmill has been grinding pigments for traditional paints for more than 200 years.

ariadnemaze

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Zaandam, Netherlands

The Clog Museum

A Dutch clog company in the town of Zaandam loves the wooden shoes so much it made a museum for them.

Lizzy Mae van Son

Added by Lizzy Mae van Son

Cave Creek, Arizona

World's Largest Kachina Doll

This 39-foot-tall version of a Hopi figure stands in Arizona.

Added by cdanesh

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam Gable Stones

In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Brouwerij ’t IJ

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

aniatbrown

Added by aniatbrown

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Sea Palace

Europe's first floating restaurant is home to a hilarious legend.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Centre Pompidou

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

Paris Point Zero

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Mascarons of Pont Neuf

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

59 Rivoli

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

Allison

Added by Allison

Fountain of Innocents

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis

Gustave Eiffel's Secret Apartment

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser