JWOcker's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

JWOcker

J.W. Ocker is the author of macabre travelogues, A SEASON WITH THE WITCH, POE-LAND, and the GRIMPENDIUMS. He's also the creator of the website OTIS: Odd Things I've Seen. He has written about his travels for the Boston Globe, CNN, The Guardian, and other places people stick writing. He lives in New Hampshire.

http://www.OddThingsIveSeen.com

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Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford Circus Fire Memorial

Memorial to one of the most fatal fires in both circus and U.S. history.

JWOcker

Added by JWOcker

Boston, Massachusetts

North End "Peninsula"

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

New Orleans, Louisiana

Marie Laveau's House of Voodoo

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

Christine Williamson

Added by Christine Williamson

New Orleans, Louisiana

Storyville

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

Added by ekoptev

Hull, Massachusetts

The Murder Holes of Fort Warren

Civil War-era Fort designed to withstand invasion and attack, with tricky traps called "murder holes."

kastoory

Added by kastoory

Hull, Massachusetts

Hut of Refuge

Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.

kastoory

Added by kastoory

Boston, Massachusetts

World's Largest Air-Insulated Van de Graaff Generator

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Added by dsewers

Newton, Massachusetts

Star Market

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

Ike Allen

Added by Ike Allen

Lowell, Massachusetts

Wannalancit Mills Smokestack Christmas Tree

Every December the Wannalancit Mills lights a Christmas Tree over the old mill's smokestack.

Added by emveedeeaych

Woodstock, Vermont

Woodstock Town Crier

A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.

PitbullMama

Added by PitbullMama

Danvers, Massachusetts

Danvers State Hospital

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

Dylan

Manchester, Maine

Devil’s Footprint

A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.

JWOcker

Added by JWOcker

Woodstock, New Hampshire

Ice Castles

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

dcowan

Added by dcowan

Washington, D.C.

The Unabomber's Cabin

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

WhiskeyBristles

Added by WhiskeyBristles

Washington, D.C.

Capitol Bollards

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

Elliot Carter

Added by Elliot Carter

Catskill, New York

Catamount People's Museum

An enormous cat made of recycled wood scraps.

Added by kgibsone

Stonington, Connecticut

Severed Arm of Saint Edmund

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

Josh

East Haddam, Connecticut

Gillette Castle State Park

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

Middletown, Connecticut

Wild Bill's Nostalgia Store

A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.

Max Well K

Added by Max Well K

Rocky Hill, Connecticut

Dinosaur State Park

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

Opinicus

Added by Opinicus

Shrewsbury, Vermont

Stone Man of Bowman Family Crypt

Who is this marble man, perpetually creeping up the steps of his own mausoleum?

Added by natick169

Hartford, Connecticut

Ancient Burying Ground

The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.

Added by Herself

Windham, Connecticut

Thread City Crossing Bridge

Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.

Cornish, New Hampshire

Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

thomasharper

Added by thomasharper