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pjrussell

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2015

Canadian, Architect, lover of the obscure.
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Fuente de las Nereidas

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Fuente de las Nereidas

This beautiful fountain was sculpted by a female artist who was ahead of her time.

The 1970s.

Toronto, Ontario

Simcoe Park 'Worker's Monument'

The artwork commemorates the many ways 20th-century people perished while on the clock.

Bai Gong Fang - The 100 Handicraftsmen Workshop

Beijing, China

Bai Gong Fang (100 Handicraftsmen Workshop)

A studio devoted to keeping hundreds of unique Chinese arts alive.

Kaninchenfeld (Rabbit Field).

Berlin, Germany

Kaninchenfeld (Rabbit Field)

These brass bunnies honor the rabbits that dominated the no-man's-land around the Berlin Wall.

The carillon.

Berlin, Germany

Carillon Berlin-Tiergarten

One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.

The balcony.

Rome, Italy

Mussolini's Balcony

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

De Waag at the Nieuwmarkt in Amsterdam.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

De Waag

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

Waves hitting scrap.

Oxnard, California

La Jenelle Park

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

The 7 symbol in front of the Jefferson statue in the Rotunda.

Charlottesville, Virginia

University of Virginia's Seven Society

The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.

The RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach Harbor.

Long Beach, California

RMS Queen Mary

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

Ubehebe Crater

Inyo County, California

Ubehebe Crater

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

The dragon clinging to the side of the building.

Munich, Germany

Wurmeck

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

What looks like an ordinary building is actually a wall.

Paris, France

145 Rue Lafayette

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

 Feadship Symphony on the Gouwe aquaduct.

Waddinxveen, Netherlands

Gouwe Aquaduct

Yup, that's a 330-foot yacht passing over the highway.

Cow along Stephen Avenue in downtown Calgary, 2007.

Calgary, Alberta

Udderly Art Pasture

A herd of colorfully painted bovine statues can be found in the middle of "cowtown."

The Bonaventure Hotel.

Los Angeles, California

The Bonaventure Hotel

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

The building lit up at night.

Los Angeles, California

LAX Theme Building

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Memorial Hall with Taipei 101 in the background.

Taipei, Taiwan

Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

The airport landing strip.

Wellington, New Zealand

Wellington Airport Runway

High winds can make this one scary landing.

Kulturtårnet
Permanently Closed

Copenhagen, Denmark

Kulturtårnet

A little-known cafe in an old copper bridge tower with 360-degree views of the harbor.

One of these columns hides a cross.

Córdoba, Spain

Cross of the Captive

A curious carving hides on a marble column in the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba.

The Winter Garden Theatre.

Toronto, Ontario

Winter Garden Theatre

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

Palm trees beneath a double rainbow.

Elx, Spain

Palmeral of Elche

Originally planted by the ancient Carthaginians, this sprawling palm grove is one of the largest in the world.

New furniture in the old entrance area.

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Blaak House

Elegant marble and old vaults fill this historic Dutch bank turned office space.

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