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benjaminharmon1

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2015

i am a field agent for Atlas Obscura. i also work as a behavioral therapist and a freelance photographer/writer. originally from Chi. there is whimsy and wonderment around every bend... escape into the world!
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Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Herbivorous Butcher

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

City Salvage

Minneapolis, Minnesota

City Salvage

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

Kaiser Quarry Ruins

Oakland, California

Kaiser Quarry Ruins

An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

Chapel of the Chimes

Oakland, California

Chapel of the Chimes

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

East Bay Vivarium

Berkeley, California

East Bay Vivarium

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

Fish Shaped House

Berkeley, California

Fish Shaped House

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

'Women of the Black Panther Party'

Oakland, California

'Women of the Black Panther Party'

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

Lake Merritt Bonsai Garden Entry

Oakland, California

Lake Merritt's Bonsai Garden

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

Champions for Humanity Monument

Oakland, California

Champions for Humanity Monument

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

Frog specimens at the California Academy of Sciences.

San Francisco, California

California Academy of Sciences Herpetology Department

Over 315,000 preserved amphibians and reptiles in jars.

Drawers and drawers of fonts ready to be used.

San Francisco, California

Arion Press and M & H Type

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

The categories include traditional ones, such as "Jazz," as well as offerings like "Sleazy Listening."

San Francisco, California

Jack's Record Cellar

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

Area 51 room

San Francisco, California

Gregangelo Museum

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.

Museum of the Eye

San Francisco, California

Museum of the Eye

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

An anti-gentrification message.

San Francisco, California

Clarion Alley

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

Li Po Cocktail Lounge

San Francisco, California

Li Po Cocktail Lounge

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

A sampling of the material shown to visitors on a regular basis.

San Francisco, California

Letterform Archive

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

Cable Car Museum

San Francisco, California

San Francisco's Cable Car Museum

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

There are dozens of machines to choose from.

San Francisco, California

Free Gold Watch

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

The Beat Museum in San Francisco

San Francisco, California

Beat Museum

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

San Francisco Botanical Garden

San Francisco, California

San Francisco Botanical Garden

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Touchpad for the vending machine

San Francisco, California

Short Story Vending Machine

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

Abandoned fortifications at Fort Miley

San Francisco, California

Fort Miley Batteries

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

Musée Mécanique

San Francisco, California

Musée Mécanique

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

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