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• September 13, 2011 lercio updated the St. John's Beacon
  

  Liverpool, United Kingdom

  St. John's Beacon

  Tower originally planned as a ventilation shaft now houses a studio

  Known as St. John's Tower by locals, St. John's Beacon is a giant concrete tower in Liverpool that looks like a traditional TV tower, but was not designed for this use. Instead, St. John's Beacon... »

  Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Alpha, Nicholas Jackson and others

• March 14, 2011 lercio added The Calderstones
  

  Liverpool, United Kingdom

  The Calderstones

  Six neolithic sandstone boulders remaining from a dolmen

  Little was known about the Calderstones until the 18th century when they are thought to have been disturbed. In 1825 it was reported that, "in digging about them, urns made of the coarsest clay,... »

  Natural Wonders, Geological Oddities, Unusual Monuments | Edited by lercio and Nicholas Jackson

• September 15, 2009 lercio added Ladder of Salvation of the Human Soul
  

  Chaldon, Russia

  Ladder of Salvation of the Human Soul

  Angels, demons, and tortured souls on a giant wall mural in a little church

  The huge cross-shaped fresco depicting the ladder to Heaven and the fiery tortures of Hell on the west wall of Chaldon church was almost lost. Most likely hidden from view during the English Civil... »

  Memento Mori, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by lercio, Annetta and others

• September 1, 2009 lercio commented on Kelburn Castle

  Why is this listed in Indonesia ?

• August 17, 2009 lercio added Portmeirion
  

  Portmeirion

  A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner"

  Located on a sprawling estate on the coast of Wales, Portmeirion Village is a miniature Italianate fantasy village, the creation of Sir Clough Williams-Ellis who purchased the property in 1925 as... »

  Odd Accommodations, Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes, Follies and Grottoes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by lercio, Annetta and others

• July 3, 2009 lercio added Another Place
  

  Liverpool, United Kingdom

  Another Place

  A hundred copies of Antony Gormley's naked body stare out across the water

  Another Place consists of one hundred cast-iron, life-size figures (cast from artist Antony Gormley's naked body), spread out along three kilometers of the Mersey river shore, stretching almost... »

  Outsider Art | Edited by lercio, ack sed and others