Meg's User Profile - Atlas Obscura
Mena Creek, Australia

Paronella Park

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.
Syracuse, New York

World Reclamation Art Project

In DeWitt, New York, a blanket-wrapped gas station makes a creative statement on global dependence on oil.
Cassadaga, New York

Lily Dale Spiritualist Community

Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.
Tokyo, Japan

Aoyama Technical College

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.
Mount Surprise, Australia

Undara Lava Tubes

White cockroaches and other cave species occupy this massive series of lava tubes.
Nagasaki, Japan

Gunkanjima Island

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.
Berlin, Germany

Schwerbelastungskörper

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.
Cherrapunjee, India

The Root Bridges of Cherrapunji

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.
San Francisco, California

Defenestration

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.
Berlin, Germany

Tempelhof Airport

Berlin's old airport.
Tokyo, Japan

Giant GUNDAM Robot

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.
Seattle, Washington

Seattle Underground

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.
Cardross, Scotland

The Ruins of St. Peter's Seminary

One of Scotland's most important modern structures, it just made the '100 Most Endangered Sites' list.
Brooklyn, New York

Minerva Monument

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.
Farmingdale, New Jersey

Land of the Lost

Creaky dinosaurs grow in the backroads of Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Darwin, Minnesota

World's Largest Ball of Twine Rolled by One Man

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.
Anniston, Alabama

The Gigantic Chair of Anniston

What better place to take a seat?
Lexington, Oregon

The Duplicative Forest

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.
Manahari, Nepal

Island Jungle Resort at Chitwan National Park

Everything from a plane to your own two feet are needed to reach this jungle resort.
Chichen Itza, Mexico

Pyramid of Kukulcan at Chich'en Itza

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
England

Huddersfield Narrow Canal Pylon

The only electricity pylon under whose legs you can go by boat.
Budapest, Hungary

Memento Park

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.
Rapid City, South Dakota

Cosmos Mystery Area

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.
Chicago, Illinois

Hot Doug's

Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.