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Scott Klinger

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2022

I'm a photographer, artist, and educator based in the American West. My work has been exhibited in galleries and film festivals around the world for more than 20 years and is held in the collection of the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan. When I’m not exploring the vast expanses of the American West, I’ve recently traveled to photograph the northern lights in wintertime Lapland, Maya ruins in Mexico, Honduras, and Belize, and make portraits of nighttime denizens of Shinjuku in Tokyo and Palenqueras in Cartagena.
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Seadragons in motion.

La Jolla, California

Birch Aquarium at Scripps Seahorse and Seadragon Exhibit

Go deep on these fascinating fish, and get a bonus lesson on the importance of marine conservation.

"The 'Goof' on the Roof"

San Diego, California

"The 'Goof' on the Roof"

A rooftop mascot for a vintage Tiki Bar and Restaurant has a varied and interesting history

Ricardo Breceda’s Art Gallery

Aguanga, California

Ricardo Breceda’s Art Gallery

Large metal sculptures spread throughout an open landscape.

Galleta Meadows Estate

Borrego Springs, California

Galleta Meadows Estate

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

Fonts Point

Borrego Springs, California

Fonts Point

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

Top Banana, Ken Bannister.

Mecca, California

International Banana Museum

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

Niland Geyser

Niland, California

Niland Geyser

The world's only moving mud pot has left a path of destruction to local infrastructure

A beach on the Salton Sea.

Calipatria, California

Salton Sea Duck Blinds

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

Obsidian butte.

Calipatria, California

Obsidian Butte on the Salton Sea

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

Carcass Beach

Calipatria, California

Carcass Beach

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

The Davis-Schrimpf Seep Field.

Calipatria, California

Davis-Schrimpf Seep Field

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

Pima Air & Space Museum

Tucson, Arizona

Pima Air & Space Museum

Browse an impressive collection of passenger and military aircraft dating back to World War II.

Curious Nature

Phoenix, Arizona

Curious Nature

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

“You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies” at the Phoenix Art Museum.

Phoenix, Arizona

Yayoi Kusama Firefly Infinity Mirror Room

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

The "Soul Consoling Tower"

Inyo County, California

Manzanar National Historic Site

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Handmade Coyote Teeth Dentures

Independence, California

Eastern California Museum

Home of the world-famous coyote-teeth dentures.

Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes.

Guadalupe, California

Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

Mammoth skull donated to the Adventurer's Club in 1925 by club member Joseph Chilberg.

Los Angeles, California

The Adventurers' Club of Los Angeles

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

Urban Ore

Berkeley, California

Urban Ore

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

Descanso Gardens

La Cañada Flintridge, California

Descanso Gardens

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

Lyhdynkantajat (The Lantern Bearers)

Helsinki, Finland

Lyhdynkantajat (The Lantern Bearers)

These enormous, stern-faced statues greet visitors with lanterns, and sometimes costumes.

Luftbrückendenkmal and C-47 Rosinenbomber, Rhein-Main Airbase in Frankfurt.

Frankfurt, Germany

Luftbrückendenkmal: Monument to the Berlin Airlift

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

Garita del Diablo, seen from fort San Cristóbal (2015).

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Garita del Diablo

Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

El Barrendero

Madrid, Spain

'El Barrendero'

This sculpture pays homage to the street sweepers of Madrid since its inauguration in 2001 in Plaza Jacinto Benavente.

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