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A painted signal box on the Gooderham Building, one of 185 throughout Toronto.
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The Best of Obscura Day 2017

Oh, the places you went.
Molly McBride Jacobson May 8, 2017
The erstwhile home and workplace of a renegade artist
Los Angeles, California

Tom House

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.
Permanently Closed
Bradley in the shop
Santa Monica, California

Church of Type

Somewhere between an art studio and a print shop, this artists storefront is a house of worship devoted to type.
Permanently Closed
Bernie vs. Hillary unicorns, jousting eternal in velvet
Los Angeles, California

Velveteria

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.
Los Angeles, California

Valley Relics Museum

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.
Abandoned statues on the garden grounds
Glendale, California

Rockhaven Sanitarium

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.
Expect a very human reception from the collection's gallery staff
Los Angeles, California

UCLA Meteorite Collection

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 
William Workman's adobe abode
City of Industry, California

Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum

Explore an early California pioneer's rancho hidden in LA's manufacturing hinterland.
Madison, Wisconsin

Dapper Cadaver

"Looks so real, it's scary!"
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The War on Pinball

Eric Grundhauser May 28, 2015
International Museum of Surgical Science
Chicago, Illinois

International Museum of Surgical Science

A monument to the art of slicing people open.
Museé Fragonard
Maisons-Alfort, France

Musée Fragonard

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.
Putty, Australia

Newnes Glow Worm Tunnel

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.
The glass sparkles in the sun
Los Angeles, California

Phantasma Gloria

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.
London, England

Clock of the Long Now: Prototype 1

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.
Anniston, Alabama

Anniston Museum

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.
Permanently Closed
Brooklyn, New York

Dead Horse Bay

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.
Portland, Oregon

The Zymoglyphic Museum

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.