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Fire Hydrant Plug Preserve in Brisbane, California

This California town keeps a graveyard of its retired, decorated fire hydrants.#artoutside #infrastructure #tradition #localhistory #firefighters #section-Atlas
Fire Hydrant Plug Preserve

Pimlico Priapus in London, England

This sanitized yet surreal depiction of a Greek fertility god looks over a square in one of central London’s residential areas.#gardens #statues #gods #phallic #section-Atlas
Pimlico Priapus

Dumfries Camera Obscura in Dumfries, Scotland

The oldest working camera obscura in the world sits on the top floor of an old windmill tower.#opticaloddities #windmills #astronomy #museums #cameras #cameraobscura #section-Atlas
Dumfries Camera Obscura

49th Parallel North Monument in Prešov, Slovakia

A quirky monument to the 49th parallel in downtown Prešov, Slovakia#monuments #geography #geographicmarkers #section-Atlas
49th Parallel North Monument

Canyon Farm Yard in Keetmanshoop, Namibia

A family-run camping spot in the Namibian desert.#placestostay #camping #section-Atlas
Canyon Farm Yard

Museo Porteño 'Lo de Gustavo' in Buenos Aires, Argentina

A medley of objects that represent Argentine culture, from cars to toys.#collections #museums #section-Atlas
Museo Porteño 'Lo de Gustavo'

Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings in Shrewsbury, England

One of the techniques used to construct this 1797 mill was later incorporated into modern skyscrapers.#architecture #textiles #mills #industrialrevolution #section-Atlas
Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings

The Green Man of Portland in Portland, Oregon

A Portland legend tells of small green archers shooting random passersby with visionary arrows.#localhistory #signs #statues #section-Atlas
The Green Man of Portland

‘Don Quixote and Sancho Panza’ in Brussels, Belgium

A largely overlooked statue that may commemorate the first publication of 'Don Quixote' outside of Spain.#statues #literature #section-Atlas
‘Don Quixote and Sancho Panza’

Conwy Suspension Bridge in Conwy, Wales

One of the oldest suspension bridges in the world blends in perfectly with a medieval castle.#castles #rivers #medieval #architecture #engineering #history&culture #bridges #section-Atlas
Conwy Suspension Bridge

John Denver Sanctuary in Aspen, Colorado

Fill up your senses in this beautiful riverside garden, dedicated to the works of singer-songwriter John Denver.#memorials #sanctuaries #music #rocks #section-Atlas
John Denver Sanctuary

Patan Dhoka in Lalitpur, Nepal

A colorful gateway to a historic neighborhood.#hinduism #history&culture #cities #gate #section-Atlas
Patan Dhoka

Argyll and Bute Hospital in Lochgilphead, Scotland

This ruins of an abandoned Victorian-era mental health facility.#abandoned #abandonedhospitals #hospitals #ruins #section-Atlas
Argyll and Bute Hospital

Isola Boschina in Ostiglia, Italy

One of the biggest islands in the River Po is a protected nature reserve, reachable only by a seasonal ford rich with endemic fauna, fossils, and late 19th-century buildings.#naturepreserves #islands #rivers #section-Atlas
Isola Boschina

Verviers Station's Comical Hare and Tortoise Bas-relief in Verviers, Belgium

A humorous work of art making fun of the station's very long construction time.#trains #trainstations #sculptures #artdeco #section-Atlas
Verviers Station's Comical Hare and Tortoise Bas-relief

Maine Troop Greeters Museum in Bangor, Maine

Inside the Bangor International Airport is a collection of military challenge coins.#airports #museums #history&culture #coins #militaryhistory #section-Atlas
Maine Troop Greeters Museum

'Dreams of Hyperion' in New York, New York

A unique collection of figures perform down the facade of the Gene Frankel Theatre.#sculptures #outsiderart #art #theaters #section-Atlas
'Dreams of Hyperion'

The V House in Copenhagen, Denmark

This striking structure, with balconies jutting out like hedgehog spines, combine cutting-edge design with a playful approach to light and space.#modernism #architecturaloddities #architecture #section-Atlas
The V House