With each incarnation since its inception in 1919 - first as a performing arts theater, then as a cinema, and now a bookstore - the Grand Splendid has proven itself befitting of its majestic... »

Architectural Oddities | Edited by morinaga and Nicholas Jackson

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 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... »

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