roseve13's User Profile - Atlas Obscura
Leaderboard Highlights
roseve13's activity rankings
1st
Places visited in Captain Cook, Hawaii
1st
Places visited in Qaqortoq, Greenland
1st
Places visited in Salmon, Idaho
5th
Places visited in Antigua and Barbuda
Loading map...
Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Svalbard Satellite Station

This Norwegian satellite station provides ground services to more satellites than any other facility in the world.
Norway

Svalbard Seed Bank

Cold storage for agricultural biodiversity.
Longyearbyen, Norway

Svalbard Bryggeri

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.
Interlaken, New York

Rod Serling's Grave

The final resting place for the famed creator and narrator of "The Twilight Zone."
Falkland Islands

The Shipwreck of Lady Elizabeth

This haunting ghost ship stands beached in the waters off the coast of the Falkland Islands.
Stanley, Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands Totem Pole

Where British troops serving on the remote islands paid tribute to their faraway hometowns.
Montevideo, Uruguay

Café Brasilero

The oldest café in Montevideo preserves its history as the city's bohemian hub.
Uruguay

Isla de Lobos

This small island off the coast of Uruguay hosts the largest colony of sea lions and fur seals in the southern hemisphere.
Falkland Islands

Bertha's Beach

This remote stretch of sand is a penguin lover's paradise.
Bridgetown, Barbados

First International Flight Stone and Plaque

This stone commemorates the island's launch into international aviation.
Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe

Fort Delgrès Memorial

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

Williwood Sign

This tiny tropical village was sick of anonymity so the locals made this sign, which actually changed the name of the town.
Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands

Donkey Sanctuary Bonaire

A sanctuary for sickly, stray, or wounded donkeys.
Willemstad, Curaçao

Cathedral of Thorns

This living labyrinth made entirely of thorns is filled with art.
Santa Cruz, Aruba

Donkey Sanctuary Aruba

A safe place for the wild donkeys of a hot vacation destination.
Willemstad, Curaçao

Mikvé Israel-Emanuel Synagogue

The floor of the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas is entirely covered in sand.
Ames, Iowa

Elwood, the World's Tallest Concrete Gnome

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Oak Ridge "The Secret City"

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.
Asheville, North Carolina

Biltmore Estate's Secret Passages

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.
Charleston, South Carolina

Old Slave Mart

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.
Savannah, Georgia

Pin Point Heritage Museum

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.
Humble, Texas

DeLorean Museum

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.
Alamogordo, New Mexico

PistachioLand: World's Largest Pistachio

This is one really big nut.
Culberson County, Texas

Guadalupe Peak

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.