swiecki's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

swiecki

I grew up and currently still live in the Detroit metro area. My ex-wife is from Finland, so I've traveled around Finland, but not many other places outside of the US and SW Ontario, Canada.

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Dearborn, Michigan

Dymaxion House

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

Allison

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Dearborn, Michigan

Edison's Last Breath

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

Dylan

Allen Park, Michigan

Uniroyal Giant Tire

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

Imatra, Finland

Imatrankoski

These Finnish rapids have been attracting tourists for over a hundred years and are now released with the push of a button.

xoox

Turku Cathedral

A cathedral resurrected from the ashes of one of Europe's greatest urban fires.

Added by Earthquakemachine

Posankka

Pigduck of Turku.

stanestane

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