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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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Maxilla & Mandible
Permanently Closed

New York, New York

Maxilla & Mandible

A Natural History and Science Emporium.

Obscura Antiques and Oddities
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New York, New York

Obscura Antiques and Oddities

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins

New York, New York

Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

City Hall Station

New York, New York

Old City Hall Station

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

The fireplace adorned by elephant tusks.

New York, New York

Explorers Club Headquarters

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Pratt Institute Engine Room
Permanently Closed

Brooklyn, New York

Pratt Institute Engine Room

Haven for steampunks.

Grand Opening 139 Norfolk
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New York, New York

Grand Opening 139 Norfolk

Check your calendars; you might be attending a drive-in movie or sitting next to a fashion runway.

Please Don't Tell

New York, New York

Please Don't Tell

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

Governors Island

New York, New York

Governors Island

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Lower East Side Toy Company (The Back Room)

New York, New York

Lower East Side Toy Company (The Back Room)

Become a prohibition rebel.

MoMath -  The Museum of Mathematics

New York, New York

MoMath - The Museum of Mathematics

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

A squat tour meets outside ABC No Rio in the Lower East Side of NYC.

New York, New York

Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

P.S. 186

New York, New York

P.S. 186

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

Can you hear it?

New York, New York

Times Square Hum

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Phone Booth Graveyard
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New York, New York

Phone Booth Graveyard

The phone booths of New York City have all but disappeared, but their remains were once found in this "graveyard," sadly now removed as well.

The entrance to the theatre, bar and museum
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New York, New York

Museum of the American Gangster

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

The Treasures in the Trash Collection

New York, New York

The Treasures in the Trash Collection

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

Entering the vault!

New York, New York

Trinity Place Bank Vault Bar

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

The Museum of Holography
Permanently Closed

Chicago, Illinois

The Museum of Holography

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

American Science & Surplus
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Park Ridge, Illinois

American Science & Surplus

A science teacher's dream.

Busy Beaver Button Co.

Chicago, Illinois

Busy Beaver Button Co.

The world's only known button museum.

Intuit's main gallery. (Intuit)

Chicago, Illinois

Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

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