GabrielleVi's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

GabrielleVi

I grew up in Neskowin, OR, where my family has lived for several generations. But, because my parents were divorced and my mother worked in the tourism industry, I have had the privilege of living in many beautiful and amazing places, subsequently, I've never had to take a vacation until the last few years when I have lived a more stationary life. I've lived in eight different states and multiple cities within each of those states. I love to travel and plan on doing more. As a recent empty nester, I just started to take advantage of solo traveling, and I'm actually contemplating buying a trailer and living as a full time traveler. I have plans on visiting all the US National Parks, and many of the Atlas Obscura sites. Quite a few of which I have already visited.

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Los Angeles, California

Binoculars Building

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Joshua Tree, California

The Noah Purifoy Desert Art Museum

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

anhie

Los Angeles, California

Hollywood Tower Apartments

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

mark hayward

Added by mark hayward

Los Angeles, California

Café Jack

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

jbartlett2000

Added by jbartlett2000

Big Sur, California

McWay Falls and Waterfall House Ruins

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

kjmoore12

Added by kjmoore12

San Francisco, California

Palace of Fine Arts

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Humboldt County, California

Avenue of the Giants

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

journeylism

Added by journeylism

Sequoia National Park, California

General Sherman

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Los Angeles, California

Venice of America Canals

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Santa Cruz, California

Santa Cruz Mystery Spot

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Added by cjwvos

Los Angeles, California

Urban Light

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

leiris

Added by leiris

Santa Cruz, California

Court of Mysteries

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

jmarcusfrost

Added by jmarcusfrost

Los Angeles, California

La Brea Tar Pits Dragonfly Fossils

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Added by lastpearl

Fort Bragg, California

Glass Beach

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Kringle

Added by Kringle

Los Angeles, California

Hollywood Sign

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

musicman

Added by musicman

Los Angeles, California

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

anhie

Los Angeles, California

Watts Towers

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Added by Mary Marshall Fowler

Yosemite National Park, California

Horsetail Fall's Firefall

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Dylan

San Jose, California

The Winchester Mystery House

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Added by mbison

New Orleans, Louisiana

Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Mark Casey

Added by Mark Casey

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.

jamesb

Added by jamesb

Astoria, Oregon

Museum of Whimsy

A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe

Lakeview, Oregon

Old Perpetual Geyser

Along the Outback Scenic Byway, adjacent to hot springs, this human-made geothermal feature takes unexplained breaks.

Added by chickenyday

La Pine, Oregon

Newberry Caldera

Atop an active stratovolcano, two lakes separated by a narrow strip of land.

Added by chickenyday