slgwv's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

slgwv

I'm a geologist by training and have taught at the University of Nevada, Reno. I've lived most of my life in the US west and currently reside outside Reno, Nevada. I like hiking and exploring 4wd roads, and continue to check out lots of out-of-the-way spots. A disclaimer: the infelicities in the text on a number of the places I've submitted are due to Atlas Obscura's editing. In addition, more of my travels can be found at the Ipernity photo-sharing site:

http://www.ipernity.com/home/289859

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Seattle, Washington

Dusty Strings

This music school doubles as a store for unique, hand-crafted, and hard-to-find instruments.

Added by heshsf

Ojai, California

Bart's Books

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."

Added by yaz999

Helicopter Crash Memorial

Unopened beer cans are left at this monument to honor the Navy men who lost their lives during a training mission.

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Coral Pink Sand Dunes

Colorful sand dunes create a unique attraction in this part of Utah's red-rock country.

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Mono Mills, California

Mono Mills

A relic of the region's once booming timber industry.

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Virginia City, Nevada

Gold Hill Hotel

The oldest hotel in Nevada.

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Seattle, Washington

Suzzallo Library Reading Room

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

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'Jackson'

This former New Jersey bus now exists as a public art exhibit.

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June Lake, California

Obsidian Dome

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

Added by scottdfrank

Nevada Northern Railway Museum

This former mining railroad is one of the best-preserved short lines in North America.

Ornithomancer

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Redlands, Colorado

Independence Monument

For over a century, it has been a tradition to raise a flag at the top of this 450-foot sandstone pillar on the 4th of July.

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Chinle, Arizona

Canyon de Chelly National Monument

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

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Big Trees, California

The Discovery Tree

California's longest-running tourist attraction is a stump.

Added by Jeremy D

St. George, Utah

Snow Canyon State Park

Although it also features red, orange, and variegated cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, this state park is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbor.

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Duckwater, Nevada

Meteorite Crater

Despite the name, it's unclear if this small depression in northern Nye County was actually caused by falling space debris.

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Bunkerville, Nevada

Little Finland

Harder layers in colorful sandstone weather out as prominent “fins" and even more intricate and bizarre shapes.

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Oatman, Arizona

Oatman

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

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Bridgeport, California

Sinnamon Cut

This trench, some 2,300 feet long, is only the most prominent relic of a largely forgotten episode of placer mining on the east slope of the Sierra Nevada.

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Hickison Summit

This rest area is also home to a remarkable petroglyph site.

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Bunkerville, Nevada

Devil's Throat

An unexpected sinkhole in a desert flat within Gold Butte National Monument.

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Winnemucca, Nevada

Tobin Range (Pearce) Scarps

The strongest earthquake in Nevada's recorded history left these spectacular breaks along the west front of a range in central Nevada.

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Woolsey, Nevada

Lovelock Airmail Arrow

A surviving concrete arrow from a 1920s navigational network is preserved right off a modern freeway.

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Moapa Valley, Nevada

Mouse's Tank

Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.

CoolCrab

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Extraterrestrial Highway Sign

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

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