The following are the potential dates for a fall tour for Exploring The Obscure. All places are going to depend on availability during certain times. There will also be places added. This is only to give you an idea of the potential of the unique and obscure places we are looking to visit.
Maine Desert – Freeport, Maine
Easy, simple. A desert in Maine
America’s Stonehenge – Salem, New Hampshire
Skinny House – Boston, Mass
2 brothers, dad willed the house to one son. The other got jealous and built a super small house infront of his brother’s house to block all sunlight and view. (Civil War era)
Old Newgate Prison -East Granby, Connecticut
Former prison in an old mine site.
Crypt at Center Church – New Haven, Connecticut
137 graves of New England residents from the 1600’s buried under a church
Bannerman’s Castle – Beacon, New York
Pink castle on an island that housed ammunition until it exploded itself
Huguenot St – New Paltz, New York
Oldest continually inhabited street in America
Balanced Rock – North Salem, New York
Enormous rock balanced on a much smaller one
Upside down traffic light – Syracuse, New York
Upside down traffic light forced by Irish immigrants to the point where city council left it as it
Craig-E-Claire Castle – Roscoe, New York
Just a large castle left behind http://www. atlasobscura.com/places/craig- e-clair-castle
WV State Penn – Moundsville, West Virginia
Abandoned and haunted prison that will allow an overnight stay
Longaberger Basket Office – Newark, Ohio
A large office built like a wicker basket
Cornhenge – Dublin, Ohio
Random stalks of corn set up on a roadside attraction
Harry Andrew’s Chateau – Loveland, Ohio
A medieval castle that a man self built and lived in until he died in a freak accident
Mooresville Gravity Hill – Mooresville, Indiana
A mysterious hill where things tend to roll uphill
Rockome Gardens Amish Park – Arcola, Illinois
An amish theme park. Simple, plain and a new kind of fun.
Phone Booth on a Fire Station Roof – Lincoln, Illinois
A phone booth on top of a fire station where rookies had to go to, to watch for dangerous storms
Cement Land – East St Louis, Missouri
A cement factory turned into an amusement park?
Bonne Terre Mines – Bonne Terre, Missouri
Man made mine now the largest freshwater diving area in the world
Ha Ha Tonka Castle Ruins – Camdenton, Missouri
Beautiful castle ruins from the early 1900’s
Kansas State Library – Kansas City, Missouri
Coronado Heights Castle – Lindsborg, Kansas
Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold
Mushroom Rock State Park – Brookeville, Kansas
Rock park looking like large mushrooms
Garden Of Eden – Lucas, Kansas
Self built house where the owner is still viewable in a glass coffin
Monument Rocks – Lewis, Kansas
Van Gogh Painting – Goodland, Kansas
24 foot by 32 foot painting of Van Gogh’s “Three Sunflowers in a Vase” on the side of the road
Bishop Castle – Rye, Colorado
4 story castle….made out of beer cans
Depending on the response, we may extend this to 5 weeks and include New Mexico, Arizona, Texas,Arkansas, Tennessee and North Carolina.
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