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Blake Olmstead

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2015

Drinker of tea, crosser of words, petter of cats, watcher of birds, and designer of things.

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Pelicans of St James's Park

London, England

Pelicans of St James's Park

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

The long view of Cooper's Row

London, England

London Wall

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

Temple Church

London, England

Temple Church

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

Photo taken Sep 2022

London, England

Banksy's 'Designated Graffiti Area'

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

Twinings tea shop on the Strand.

London, England

Twinings Tea Shop

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The central interior of Leadenhall Market

London, England

Leadenhall Market

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

Avenue H Station House.

Brooklyn, New York

Avenue H Station House

This unusual subway stop was originally a real estate office.

Idaho Potato Museum

Blackfoot, Idaho

Idaho Potato Museum

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

Palms flourish around McCallum Pond.

Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms Oasis Preserve

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

The effigy of Victor Noir, with a spot conspicuously rubbed clean.

Paris, France

The Recumbent Effigy of Victor Noir

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

The grave.

Paris, France

Georges Méliès's Grave

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

Cusco Cathedral

Cusco, Peru

Cusco Cathedral

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

Coricancha

Cusco, Peru

Coricancha

A Christian monastery stands on what was once a holy Incan temple.

Coca tea

Cusco, Peru

Museo de la Coca (Coca Museum)

A fascinating little museum all about the rich history of Peru’s famous plant.

The Twelve-Angled Stone

Cusco, Peru

The Twelve-Angled Stone

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.

Carcass Beach

Calipatria, California

Carcass Beach

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

'Eve' by Fernando Botero

New York, New York

New York's Adam and Eve Sculptures

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

It made an appearance in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris

Paris, France

The Duluc Detective Agency

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

La REcyclerie

Paris, France

La REcyclerie

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

Villa La Roche by Le Corbusier

Paris, France

Villa La Roche by Le Corbusier

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

Le Corbusier's Studio-Apartment

Boulogne-Billancourt, France

Le Corbusier's Studio-Apartment

Experience architect Le Corbusier's modernist design for living in the home he designed for himself.

Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy - mammoth and Lascaux paintings

Paris, France

Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

Rue Crémieux

Paris, France

Rue Crémieux

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

Schomburgk's Deer

Paris, France

The Room of Endangered and Extinct Species

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

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