With dreams of reforming and perfecting the universe, Argentine artist Xul Solar invented two languages, a spiritual form of chess, a modified piano, and painted works based on his own blend of... »

Museums and Collections, Outsider Art | Edited by allison and Dylan

The Cemetario de la Recoleta in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is easily one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the world. Designed by French engineer Próspero Catelin and remodeled in 1881, the... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues, Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by Dylan and wythe

At Laguna del Diamante, there are plenty of reasons why life should not exist. To start with, the lagoon rests amongst sulphur-spewing vents within one of the world's largest volcanic... »

Watery Wonders, Geological Oddities, Fascinating Fauna | Edited by Trevor, Annetta and others

The town of Gaiman, Argentina customarily appears in tour guides as a living example of Welsh colonization of the Chubut river valley in the late 19th century. Replete with tea houses,... »

Outsider Art, Follies and Grottoes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by A Facebook user and Dylan

South of the Argentine capital city of Buenos Aires lies Quilmes, a coastal town known best as the home of Argentina's national beer, Rubén "Tito" Ingenieri, works away, a self-described “laborer... »

Eccentric Homes | Edited by A Facebook user, Dylan and others

The Manzana de las Luces, or “Block of the Lights”, housed the activities of the early Jesuit missionaries in the nascent Buenos Aires, and as a complex comprises the church of San Ignacio, a... »

Subterranean Sites | Edited by A Facebook user and Dylan

Located a minute's walk from Argentina's national legislature, at the end of Buenos Aires' Avenida de Mayo, the Palacio Barolo, once South America's tallest building, still towers above the... »

Commercial Curiosities, Outsider Architecture, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by A Facebook user, Dylan and others

Designed and paid for by Argentine architect Eduardo Catalano, the Floralis Generica, a giant silvery flower, has been a striking city landmark since it opened in 2002. The enormous metal flower... »

Strange Statues | Edited by ilbonito, M Rebekah Otto and others

Recoleta Cemetery, in the upscale Recoleta Barrio of Buenos Aires, is the final resting place of many of Argentina's wealthiest and most famous families and personages. The mausoleums are fairly... »

Museums and Collections, Unusual Monuments, Relics and Reliquaries, Horticultural Marvels, Outsider Architecture, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by Clinton