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• March 27, 2012 aboychuk has been to Standing wave at Habitat '67, Montreal
  

  Standing wave at Habitat '67, Montreal

  Futuristic apartment blocks are the backdrop for Montreal surfers hangin ten on the Habitat '67 standing wave

  When someone mentions surfing, the image that comes to mind is one of cold,deserted wasteland. That's the archetype, but it's not the only environment where an adventure junkie can hang ten. What,... »

  Watery Wonders, Outsider Architecture | Edited by canadiantourism

• February 21, 2012 aboychuk has been to Meserole Theatre
  

  Meserole Theatre

  Historic Greenpoint theater housing a generic pharmacy

  The Meserole was a silent movie house opened in 1921. It was named after one of the original farming families that settled Greenpoint in the 1700s. Unfortunately, that pioneering spirit has... »

  Architectural Oddities | Edited by HJHausman and Rachel

• January 11, 2012 aboychuk added Strawberry Fields Memorial
  

  Strawberry Fields Memorial

  Central Park mosaic dedicated to John Lennon, groomed by a Beatles super-fan

  Constructed just five years after John Lennon's tragic death, Strawberry Fields quickly became a well-known pop-culture pilgrimage site, and is now presided over and decorated by one dedicated... »

  Outsider Art | Edited by aboychuk and atimian

• January 11, 2012 aboychuk has been to Titanic Memorial
  

  Titanic Memorial

  Lower Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown

  The Titanic Memorial lighthouse has stood at the entrance to the South Street Seaport since 1976. Before it moved to its current home, the memorial was erected on top of the Seamen's Church... »

  Unusual Monuments | Edited by atimian and Rachel

• January 11, 2012 aboychuk has been to Life Underground
  

  Life Underground

  Artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past

  Each day, thousands of subway riders at 14th Street/8th Avenue walk hurriedly by the tiny bronze figures that adorn the station, to continue their day. But with their quickening footsteps, they... »

  Outsider Art | Edited by atimian and Dylan

• January 11, 2012 aboychuk has been to Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum
  

  Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum

  Home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer, today home to many six-toed cats

  Ernest Hemingway was a man who lived in many wonderful places, and traveled to many more. But the house on Whitehead Street in Key West was of particular importance, both in Hemingway's personal... »

  Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by Henry

• September 23, 2011 aboychuk added Wyckoff Street Mosaic
  

  Wyckoff Street Mosaic

  Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill

  In 2001, Susan Gardner began attaching things to the facade of her three-story brownstone in Boerum Hill. Incorporating anything from shells and buttons to broken cups and old CDs, Gardner's... »

  Museums and Collections, Outsider Art, Microminiature art, Architectural Oddities | Edited by aboychuk, atimian and others

• September 23, 2011 aboychuk added Women's Federation Monument
  

  Women's Federation Monument

  Palisades Interstate Park

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• September 23, 2011 aboychuk added Storm King Art Center
  

  Storm King Art Center

  100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley

  With 500 acres, Storm King Art Center can hardly be called a sculpture garden. As its 100 installations interact and even change the grounds of the Art Center, it is more aptly described as a... »

  Outsider Art, Strange Statues | Edited by aboychuk and atimian

• September 23, 2011 aboychuk added 5 Pointz
  

  5 Pointz

  A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world

  During the weekends, the 5 Pointz welcomes aerosol artists, rappers and dancers from around the world, who transform the once barren sides of a yellow warehouse into a bright spectacle of public... »

  Outsider Art | Edited by aboychuk and atimian

• August 31, 2011 aboychuk has been to Odessa Catacombs
  

  Malinovskiy Rayon, Ukraine

  Odessa Catacombs

  Largest catacomb system in the world

  In Odessa, when someones waterline suddenly breaks, or a house settles oddly, or a family pet goes missing, it is not uncommon for Ukrainians to curse about "those damn catacombs." They are not... »

  Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Architectural Oddities, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Dylan, Nicholas Jackson and others

• August 31, 2011 aboychuk has been to Newtown Creek Nature Walk
  

  Newtown Creek Nature Walk

  Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage

  Newtown Creek Nature Walk, just a few blocks off Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, is a beautiful and peaceful industrial respite. It is not a respite from industry, but a willful embrace... »

  Intriguing Environs, Disaster Areas, Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by atimian, Nicholas Jackson and others

• August 31, 2011 aboychuk has been to Broken Angel
  

  Broken Angel

  An illegally built ramshackle mansion tucked in the middle of Brooklyn

  Described as "a moonshine distillery gone crazy" and a "Rubik's Cube of a spaceship," Broken Angel is an ever growing piece of outsider architecture in Brooklyn's Clinton Hill neighborhood. Begun... »

  Outsider Architecture | Edited by Josh and Dylan

• July 27, 2011 aboychuk added Private Passage
  

  Private Passage

  Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside

  Named for the former New York Governor Dewitt Clinton, Clinton Cove is a spectacular park in New York, New York. It includes a big green lawn for picnicking, a boathouse holdings canoes and kayaks... »

  Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by aboychuk and Nicholas Jackson

• July 12, 2011 aboychuk has been to Greenwich Locksmith
  

  Greenwich Locksmith

  Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village

  Greenwich Locksmith is the smallest numbered building in Manhattan, and at only 125 square feet could be easily missed from a distance. Dwarfed on 7th Avenue by expensive condos and fancy... »

  Commercial Curiosities, Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by atimian and Nicholas Jackson

• July 6, 2011 aboychuk has been to Wall Street Bombing
  

  Wall Street Bombing

  Unrepaired walls from a 1920 Anarchist bomb attack

  The wall of 23 Wall Street is deeply scarred with craters. Ranging in size from small, missing chunks of limestone to deeper baseball-sized pits, the craters are all that remains of an oft... »

  Intriguing Environs, Disaster Areas, Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins | Edited by atimian, Dylan and others

• July 4, 2011 aboychuk added Brooklyn Old Trolley Cars
  

  Brooklyn Old Trolley Cars

  Four cars from the old system remain on display

  The Brooklyn trolley cars went out of service in 1948, but they're still remembered both inside and outside of the city. The Brooklyn Historic Railway Association once owned 16 trolleys throughout... »

  Inspired Inventions, Cultures and Civilizations | Edited by aboychuk and Nicholas Jackson

• July 4, 2011 aboychuk added Underwater Museum at Cape Tarkhankut
  

  Chervonyy Mayak, Ukraine

  Underwater Museum at Cape Tarkhankut

  Busts of communist and socialist figures from the USSR

  It's without an official website of its own and without a lot of documentation, but the underwater museum at Cape Tarkhankut is considered a must-see attraction in Crimea. Organized more than 15... »

  Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders, Museums and Collections | Edited by aboychuk, Nicholas Jackson and others

• July 4, 2011 aboychuk added Pip Ivan Observatory
  

  Pip Ivan Observatory

  Remains of a station that only operated for one year

  Sitting at the top of Pip Ivan (in Ukrainian, Priest John), or the Black Mountain, as some call it, are the remains of an observatory that was built several generations ago. Recognized as a... »

  Inspired Inventions, Instruments of Science, Architectural Oddities | Edited by aboychuk and Nicholas Jackson

• June 26, 2011 aboychuk updated the Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital
  

  New York, US

  Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital

  Crumbling Hospital from 1850s on Roosevelt Island

  Few diseases have had a greater impact on the history of human civilization than smallpox. The bubonic plague certainly wins for its baroque presentation. Malaria and HIV are concurrent with... »

  Incredible Ruins | Edited by M Rebekah Otto, ShaneStringer and 2 others

• June 26, 2011 aboychuk added Bunker At Cape May Point
  

  Bunker At Cape May Point

  World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach

  It was never meant to be permanent, but the massive concrete bunker built as a military structure during World War II is still sitting out on the beach in Cape May County, New Jersey, startling... »

  Architectural Oddities | Edited by aboychuk and Nicholas Jackson

• June 26, 2011 aboychuk updated the The Colgate Clock
  

  The Colgate Clock

  On the Hudson, the fourth largest clock in the world

  Among the crowded field of landmarks visible along New York Harbor- the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, the Verrazano Bridge - the Colgate Clock may not rank high in historical significance. But... »

  Inspired Inventions, Astounding Timepieces | Edited by A Facebook user, Nicholas Jackson and 2 others

• June 20, 2011 aboychuk has been to Mercer Museum and Fonthill Castle
  

  Mercer Museum and Fonthill Castle

  Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out

  Henry Chapman Mercer, a renowned archaeologist, tile maker, and collector of Pennsylvanian pre-industrial household utensils wrote of his home, Fonthill: "The house was planned by me, room by... »

  Eccentric Homes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by littlebrumble, aboychuk and others

• June 6, 2011 aboychuk has been to The Peace Fountain at Cathedral of St. John the Divine
  

  The Peace Fountain at Cathedral of St. John the Divine

  A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes

  Although originally built to be a fountain, this structure has no running water on site currently. Located next to the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine (the largest cathedral in the world,... »

  Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues, Peculiar Fountains, Architectural Oddities, Curious Places of Worship, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Delireus and A Facebook user

• June 6, 2011 aboychuk has been to New York Marble Cemetery
  

  New York Marble Cemetery

  A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen"

  From a wrought iron gate on Second Avenue, an alleyway leads secluded garden, barely visible from the busy sidewalk. Although there are no headstones or monuments, this is the New York Marble... »

  Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by allison, Dylan and 2 others