Ella Morton's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Ella Morton

Ella was Atlas Obscura's Senior Editor and co-wrote the Atlas Obscura book. Now she's doing other stuff but remains a proud AO alumna.

http://twitter.com/ellamorton

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Húsafell, Iceland

Húsafell Lifting Stone

Pick up this rock and become an instant legend.

Added by Rain Salazar

Baltimore, Maryland

The Owl Bar

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

Sydney Rose

Added by Sydney Rose

Degersheim, Switzerland

Dreamfactory's World of Wonders

A Swiss magician's vault of oddities.

Gakuseii McFly

Added by Gakuseii McFly

Iguana Creek, Australia

Den of Nargun

Mind the rock monster at this cave.

grahamstewartwalker

Added by grahamstewartwalker

Jekyll Island, Georgia

DuBignon Cemetery

A modest walled graveyard where nobody is actually buried.

hadleymeares

Added by hadleymeares

Durham, England

Marquess of Londonderry Statue

A monument with a strange legend involving a horse's tongue.

katielou106

Added by katielou106

Kirkcaldy, Scotland

Grave of Marjorie Fleming

A tribute to a child prodigy who died way too young.

SEANETTA

Added by SEANETTA

Fontana del Gigante

This monumental fountain has moved around the city multiple times.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Harvard, Massachusetts

Fruitlands Museum

Utopia and nostalgia mingle at the site of Bronson Alcott's ill-fated agrarian commune.

HistMA

Added by HistMA

West Hollywood, California

Back Lot

Peek inside Howard Hughes' garage at this Hollywood-themed art installation.

jbartlett2000

Added by jbartlett2000

Lititz, Pennsylvania

Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery

Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.

Added by bemkes

Poway, California

Poway Midland Railroad

Take a leisurely ride on a 1906 cable car or a 1907 steam locomotive.

JR Wetmore

Added by JR Wetmore

Clayton, Alabama

Whiskey Bottle Tombstone

In 1863, a woman buried her hard-drinking husband beneath his beloved booze.

Added by kkunderwood9368

Fredericksburg, Virginia

Innis House

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

Sydney Rose

Added by Sydney Rose

Queens, New York

Ridgewood Reservoir

This former water source for the City of Brooklyn is now a thriving natural wetland.

lampbane

Added by lampbane

Winchester, England

The Winchester Mizmaze

A rare labyrinth-style path carved into a historic hill.

AdOYo

Auburn, Massachusetts

Goddard Rocket Launching Site

A small obelisk commemorates the launch site of the world's first liquid-fueled rocket.

TheDiscoveryService

Added by TheDiscoveryService

Celles

Half a century after it was abandoned, this ghost town is coming back to life.

Added by samharrisonba

Calabasas, California

Los Angeles Pet Memorial Park

Pay your respects to departed pets, both celebrity and otherwise.

Added by melissabatchelorwarnke

Bengaluru, India

Neuropathology Brain Museum

India’s only Brain Museum displays over 200 fascinating ways that your brain might kill you.

Added by mayaprabhu

Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe

Fort Delgrès Memorial

A stone circle on the slopes of a Caribbean volcano commemorates the leader of an anti-slavery uprising.

ArielAzoff

Added by ArielAzoff

Kalalau Trail

This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

drewmcd24

Added by drewmcd24

World’s Longest Car Wash

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

Batumi, Georgia

Batumi Tower Ferris Wheel

The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.

hrnick

Added by hrnick