Places You Can No Longer Go: The Rex - Atlas Obscura
Holiday Gift Guide: Atlas Obscura Books and Calendars
  • Trips
    • Upcoming Trips
    • All Trips
    2nd edition on site promo
    Get the Atlas Obscura book
    Shop Now »

    Upcoming Trips

    View All Trips »

    Photographing Chernobyl in Winter

    Science After Dark: Spotting Squid in the Tides of Oahu

    Mexico's Great Monarch Butterfly Migration

    Cambodia: Contemporary Art, Spiritual Traditions, and Hidden Wonders

  • Experiences

    Quick Links

    • All Experiences

    Experiences by City

    • Chicago
    • Denver
    • Los Angeles
    • New York
    • Philadelphia
    • Seattle
    • Washington, D.C.

    Upcoming Experiences

    View All Experiences »
    Los Angeles

    Myth, Film, and Studio Tour

    New York

    Walking the Hidden Wonders of Midtown

    Alexandria

    On the Trail of DC's First Brewmaster

    Greenbelt

    Discover Greenbelt Town of Tomorrow

  • Places
    • Top Destinations
    • Newly Added Places
    • Most Popular Places
    • Random Place
    • Lists
    • Itineraries
    • Add a Place
    • forum Visit Our Forums

    Newly Added Places

    View All Places »
    A ghostly goalpost waits for a game that will never happen
    Poznań, Poland

    Edmund Szyc Stadium

    52.3964, 16.9294
    Detail of ceiling mosaic.
    Rome, Italy

    Cappella di San Zenone (Chapel of Saint Zeno)

    41.8965, 12.4988
    Francis Bacon Studio and Home.
    London, England

    Francis Bacon's Studio and Home

    51.4933, -0.1770
    The Towers of Narragansett.
    Narragansett, Rhode Island

    The Towers of Narragansett

    41.4305, -71.4559

    Top Destinations

    View All Destinations »

    Countries

    • Australia
    • Canada
    • China
    • France
    • Germany
    • India
    • Italy
    • Japan

    Cities

    • Amsterdam
    • Barcelona
    • Beijing
    • Berlin
    • Boston
    • Budapest
    • Chicago
    • London
    • Los Angeles
    • Mexico City
    • Montreal
    • Moscow
    • New Orleans
    • New York City
    • Paris
    • Philadelphia
    • Rome
    • San Francisco
    • Seattle
    • Stockholm
    • Tokyo
    • Toronto
    • Vienna
    • Washington, D.C.
  • Foods

    Newly Added Food & Drink

    View All Food & Drink »
    Prepared Foods

    French-Fried Turkey Breast
    Sweets

    Pumpple Cake

     A bottle of amaro, with other monastery snacks.
    Drinks

    Amaro di Sant'Antimo
    Drinks

    Hot Springs Beer at Superior Bathhouse Brewery
    Prepared Foods

    Our Lady of Lourdes French Meat Pie
  • Stories

    Most Recent Stories

    View All Stories »
    Miho Imada poses at her brewery in Hiroshima.

    The Return of Japan’s Female Sake Brewers

    Checking in on the Algae of a Brooklyn Reservoir with a Microbiologist

     The team found smashed bottles of Bear's oil, which was often advertised as making thin hair fuzzier.

    Found: Bottles of Hair Dye From a Civil War Photography Studio

     Architect Sakher Oulabi (left) and engineer Tamim Kasmo in the courtyard of Aleppo's Great Mosque.

    Syrians Won't Give Up on the Great Mosque of Aleppo

     An adult Kemp's ridley sea turtle heading to sea.

    The World's Tiniest Sea Turtles Keep Getting Stranded on Cape Cod
  • Videos

    Most Recent Videos

    View All Videos »

    Where Scientists Play With Fire

    7:22

    Racing a Giant Pumpkin Boat in Goffstown’s Regatta

    7:52

    The Delicate Work of Restoring Mechanical Antiques

    5:56

    A Visit to Buffalo's Lava Lab

    4:51

    What Exactly Is a Bezoar?

    3:13
  • Sign In Join
  • Sign In
    Join
What's near me?
Brought to you by
Delta logo

Places You Can No Longer Go: The Rex

by Lucas Adams April 2, 2015
Places You Can No Longer Go: The Rex

Read next

Places You Can No Longer Go: The Tyburn Tree

places you can no longer gocolumns
Keep Exploring
science fiction

Places You Can No Longer Go: Ray Bradbury's House

The developers who tore down the iconic house called the public response "a bummer."
Lucas Adams September 22, 2016
places you can no longer go

Places You Can No Longer Go: The Floating Church of the Redeemer

It turns out that praying on the water has some serious downsides.
Lucas Adams September 8, 2016
architecture

Places You Can No Longer Go: Hoffman Auto Showroom

Only one car salesman enlisted Frank Lloyd Wright as his designer.
Lucas Adams September 1, 2016
places you can no longer go

Places You Can No Longer Go: The Colony on Cuttyhunk

This 1602 colonizing mission to New England was ridiculed for only lasting three weeks.
Lucas Adams August 25, 2016
Related

The Gigantic Nazi City that Was Never Built

Albert Speer designed a truly epic monstrosity that never saw the light of day.
Read more

Get Our Email Newsletter

Thanks for subscribing! View all newsletters »

Follow Us

2nd edition on site promo
Get the Atlas Obscura book
Shop Now »

Places

  • Recently Added
  • Most Popular
  • Random
  • Nearby
  • Add a Place

Foods

  • Latest
  • Food & Drink
  • Stories
  • Places
  • Add a Food

Experiences & Trips

  • Upcoming Experiences
  • Upcoming Trips

Community

  • Travel Forum
  • Latest Posts
  • Top Posts

Company

  • About
  • Contact Us
  • FAQ
  • Work With Us
  • Advertising
  • Unique Gifts
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
2nd edition on site promo
Get the Atlas Obscura book
Shop Now »
© 2019 Atlas Obscura. All rights reserved.

Thanks for sharing!

Follow us on Twitter to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders.

Like us on Facebook to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders.

Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook

Want a Free Book?

Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win the second edition of our book, Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders, before it hits the shelves.
No Thanks Visit AtlasObscura.com
Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders

Stay in Touch!

Follow us on social media to add even more wonder to your day.
Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook Follow Us on Instagram No Thanks Visit AtlasObscura.com
No purchase necessary. Winner will be selected at random on 10/15/2019. Offer available only in the U.S. (including Puerto Rico). Offer subject to change without notice. See contest rules for full details.
Atlas Obscura Trips
Holiday Deal
Refer a friend to join you on one of our select trips, and you'll both receive $250 off.
See Featured Trips
Email trips@atlasobscura.com by Tuesday, December 31st, 2019 to book.

Add Some Wonder to Your Inbox

Every weekday we compile our most wondrous stories and deliver them straight to you.
No Thanks

We'd Like You to Like Us

Like Atlas Obscura and get our latest and greatest stories in your Facebook feed.
No Thanks
We value your privacy

Atlas Obscura and our trusted partners use technology such as cookies on our website to personalise ads, support social media features, and analyse our traffic. Please click below to consent to the use of this technology while browsing our site. To learn more or withdraw consent, please visit our privacy policy.

I Accept
aoc-cancel aoc-video aoc-building aoc-clock aoc-clipboard aoc-help aoc-arrow-right aoc-arrow-left aoc-ticket aoc-place-entry aoc-facebook aoc-instagram aoc-reddit aoc-rss aoc-twitter aoc-accommodation aoc-activity-level aoc-add-a-photo aoc-add-box aoc-add-shape aoc-arrow-forward aoc-been-here aoc-chat-bubbles aoc-close aoc-expand-more aoc-expand-less aoc-forum-flag aoc-group-size aoc-heart-outline aoc-heart-solid aoc-home aoc-important aoc-knife-fork aoc-library-books aoc-link aoc-list-circle-bullets aoc-list aoc-location-add aoc-location aoc-mail aoc-map aoc-menu aoc-more-horizontal aoc-my-location aoc-near-me aoc-notifications-alert aoc-notifications-mentions aoc-notifications-muted aoc-notifications-tracking aoc-open-in-new aoc-pencil aoc-person aoc-pinned aoc-plane-takeoff aoc-plane aoc-print aoc-reply aoc-search aoc-shuffle aoc-star aoc-subject aoc-trip-style aoc-unpinned aoc-cancel aoc-video aoc-building aoc-clock aoc-clipboard aoc-help aoc-arrow-right aoc-arrow-left aoc-ticket aoc-place-entry aoc-facebook aoc-instagram aoc-reddit aoc-rss aoc-twitter aoc-accommodation aoc-activity-level aoc-add-a-photo aoc-add-box aoc-add-shape aoc-arrow-forward aoc-been-here aoc-chat-bubbles aoc-close aoc-expand-more aoc-expand-less aoc-forum-flag aoc-group-size aoc-heart-outline aoc-heart-solid aoc-home aoc-important aoc-knife-fork aoc-library-books aoc-link aoc-list-circle-bullets aoc-list aoc-location-add aoc-location aoc-mail aoc-map aoc-menu aoc-more-horizontal aoc-my-location aoc-near-me aoc-notifications-alert aoc-notifications-mentions aoc-notifications-muted aoc-notifications-tracking aoc-open-in-new aoc-pencil aoc-person aoc-pinned aoc-plane-takeoff aoc-plane aoc-print aoc-reply aoc-search aoc-shuffle aoc-star aoc-subject aoc-trip-style aoc-unpinned