TheLabRatKing's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

TheLabRatKing

Best described in the obsolete term “Naturalist”. Biologist, retired sailor, artist, Jack of all trades and solo adventurer.

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Places visited in Omaha, Nebraska

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Places visited in Antofagasta, Chile

Devils Tower, Wyoming

Devils Tower

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Added by ekoptev

Dinah the Pink Dinosaur

Built for a motel, this cartoon dino is now a symbol of the area's paleontological heritage.

Added by cdanesh

Nebraska City, Nebraska

Kregel Windmill Factory Museum

Over a million artifacts fill this factory-turned-museum that explores the history of American windmill production.

arthurdenttoo

Added by arthurdenttoo

Hastings, Nebraska

The Hastings Museum Kool-Aid Exhibit

The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.

Added by wramyot

Omaha, Nebraska

Chef Boyardee Statue

A life-size bronze statue of Ettore Boiardi, the man behind the can.

Vidiot

Added by Vidiot

Omaha, Nebraska

The Museum of Shadows

Haunted dolls, macabre artifacts, and more make up the collection of the “most haunted museum in the world.”

Added by traceywilson

Little America, Wyoming

Little America

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

calivaweir

Added by calivaweir

Kemmerer, Wyoming

JCPenney Mother Store

One of America's largest retail chains got its start in one of its most remote rural destinations.

Added by ianlefk

Vermillion, South Dakota

Spirit Mound Historic Prairie

Known as "The Hill of the Little Devils."

Kevin OKeeffe

Added by Kevin OKeeffe

Chamberlain, South Dakota

Dignity of Earth and Sky

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

Added by Cynthia Albers

Wall, South Dakota

Wall Drug

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

Nevada State Route 722

US-50 in Nevada is known as "the Loneliest Road in America," but this earlier iteration of the route is even lonelier.

slgwv

Jarbidge, Nevada

Jarbidge Wilderness

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

Bonneville Salt Flats / Bonneville Speedway

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

Added by zackofalltrades

Elbow Cay, Bahamas

Elbow Reef Lighthouse

In the Bahamas sits a lighthouse that is among the last of its kind.

Beatrice, Nebraska

Homestead National Monument

This was the first homestead registered after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.

Minden, Nebraska

Harold Warp's Pioneer Village

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

Added by koenigvoncool

Sioux City, Iowa

Sergeant Floyd Monument

America's first National Historic Landmark is a 100-foot tall obelisk and gravesite dedicated to the only casualty of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.

Added by ianlefk

Waterford, Pennsylvania

George Washington in a British Military Uniform

The only statue of its kind to commemorate Washington's beginnings as an officer of the British Colonial Militia.

TheLabRatKing

Added by TheLabRatKing

Kensington, Kansas

'Home on the Range' Cabin

See the home and the range on which "Home on the Range" was arranged.

Added by ianlefk

San Diego, California

Lemon Grove Mummies

permanently closed

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

Added by zackofalltrades

San Diego, California

Memorial to the White Deer of Mission Hills

A secluded hilltop monument marks the final resting place of Lucy, Presidio Park's beloved white deer.

Sydney Rose

Added by Sydney Rose

San Diego, California

San Diego Chinese Historical Museum

This historic Chinese church was relocated and revived as a museum that preserves and celebrates Chinese art, history, and culture.

Added by blimpcaptain

San Diego, California

El Campo Santo Cemetery

This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.

Amy Bonaduce

Added by Amy Bonaduce