Clear your calender for OBSCURA DAY....read more...
Obscura Day on March 20th will celebrate curious places all around the world-and we need help in identifying the curious places in and around Annapolis. Send in your ideas to CP at PAUL@FOERFRONT.COM
Atlas Obscura is getting access to private collections, exploring hidden treasures, and leading expeditions to places that aren't normally open to visitors. In Philadelphia, they'll provide a special back-room tour of the Mutter Museum. In Tokyo, they'll be exploring the world's largest underground drainage system. In London, take a walking tour of the lost River Fleet. Outside of Los Angeles, Geoff Manaugh of BLDGBLOG will be leading an expedition to investigate a vast, un-built suburb in the Mojave desert. Near Chicago, Jim Onan will be guiding us through his eccentric six-story gold-plated pyramid house.
There are Obscura Day events lined up in 27 cities so far. Their goal is to spread Obscura Day to dozens more cities on every continent. To do that they need our help. Let CP know of the most curious, unusual places or things in and around Annapolis and we'll help you plan an event.
A Few of the Cities where Obscura Day is Happening:
Philadelphia, PA - Backroom access at the Mutter Museum . .>London, UK - Walk the lost River Fleet. .>Boston, MA - Curator's tour of a historic medical collection. .>
San Mateo, CA - Exclusive access to a curious private collection . .>
Washington, DC - Explore the incredible National Museum of Health and Medicine .>
Chicago, IL - Go inside a six-story-tall, pyramid house clad in gold. .>
Portland, ME - Delve into the new Cryptozoology Museum with Loren Coleman. .>
Washington, DC - Explore the incredible National Museum of Health and Medicine .>
Chicago, IL - Go inside a six-story-tall, pyramid house clad in gold. .>
Portland, ME - Delve into the new Cryptozoology Museum with Loren Coleman. .>
Anniston, AL - Explore two incredible museums . .> California City, CA - A photo-safari into a ghostly, never-completed California suburb. .>
San Francisco, CA - An outing to Playland-at-the-Beach's yesteryear contraptions. .>
Courtland Manor, NY - Rare access The Radio Guy's private collection of scientific curiosities. .>
Detroit, MI - Open air outsider art tour of an installation that takes up a whole city block. .>
Williams, OR - Private access to Richard Reames' living arborsculpture studio. .>
Austin, TX - Join us at the Museum of the Weird, and then end the day at the bat bridge. .>
Brussels, Belgium - Join us an expedition to an eccentric hand-built tower castle. .>
... and many more in the works to be announced soon.
Don't See Anything Near You? Organize an Event!
The events they've set up so far are just the beginning. They want us to go forth into our community, find the wonders in our backyard, and share them with the world. To find out how we can put the wheels in motion in our own hometown, visit ObscuraDay.com and they'll work with CP to sort out the details.
Watch it Unfold
Everywhere Obscura Day is happening they''ll be posting photos, blogging, and tweeting -- and hope we will too, so that we can all share in each city's finds. Follow us and join in on Twitter and Facebook and send in your ideas to CP at PAUL@FOERFRONT.COM
San Francisco, CA - An outing to Playland-at-the-Beach's yesteryear contraptions. .>
Courtland Manor, NY - Rare access The Radio Guy's private collection of scientific curiosities. .>
Detroit, MI - Open air outsider art tour of an installation that takes up a whole city block. .>
Williams, OR - Private access to Richard Reames' living arborsculpture studio. .>
Austin, TX - Join us at the Museum of the Weird, and then end the day at the bat bridge. .>
Brussels, Belgium - Join us an expedition to an eccentric hand-built tower castle. .>
... and many more in the works to be announced soon.
Don't See Anything Near You? Organize an Event!
The events they've set up so far are just the beginning. They want us to go forth into our community, find the wonders in our backyard, and share them with the world. To find out how we can put the wheels in motion in our own hometown, visit ObscuraDay.com and they'll work with CP to sort out the details.
Watch it Unfold
Everywhere Obscura Day is happening they''ll be posting photos, blogging, and tweeting -- and hope we will too, so that we can all share in each city's finds. Follow us and join in on Twitter and Facebook and send in your ideas to CP at PAUL@FOERFRONT.COM
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2 Comments:
Here's some places in Maryland on Atlas Obscura to get the inspiration going - nothing in Annapolis yet, though
http://atlasobscura.com/globe/north-america/us/maryland
The Water Works Park on 450 Defense Highway in Annapolis is a great park area with two ponds, great terrain, Best of all is the solitude. For legit entry need permit from Annapolis City Hall.
Dick Lahn
1488 Harwell Avenue
Crofton, MD 21114
301 261-3209
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