Unusual Life

Indooroopilly haunted house, originally uploaded by Leonard John Matthews.

This is an amazing old house, perfect for Halloween! The architecture is so interesting. I wonder what those turret rooms look like, if they’re round or more angular octagon’s on the inside. Even the rooftop looks like a witches hat!

Here’s a cool Flickr slide show of other “haunted houses” and strange and abandoned buildings around the world:

The residence is realized as a series of octagons, connected by a central living area, with a sunken conversation pit, fountain and fire ring centered under a large skylight. The present owners have an actual Sputnik spacecraft hanging under the skylight. The center of the roof is raised with a flat roof around the perimeter. The beautiful doors have Italian ashtrays as stained glass. The residence sits on a large heavily treed lot with a thirty foot by thirty foot reflecting pool, as well as a swimming pool.

Santa’s Village, originally uploaded by Frank and Candi.

Awesome photo set of abandoned amusement parks around the U.S.

Mapping during 600 years anniversary of the astrological tower clock situated at Old Town Square in center of Prague.

The 600 Years from the macula on Vimeo.

Polka-dot lawn, originally uploaded by riddle.

Super fabulous painted lawn of artist Beth Thom of Austin, Texas. She has a website called http://www.polkadotlawn.com/. What a great way to deal with a dormant brown lawn in the heat of Texas.

Urinals and toilets are definitely an obsession at Urinal Journal.

From Urinal Journal

More photos at Urinal Journal

Java Jive Teapot – Tacoma, Washington, originally uploaded by Vintage Roadside.

Who doesn’t love the Java Jive? Run down and derelict, but a great piece of roadside architecture. When I was growing up, there were live monkeys behind the bar and instead of a piano bar, they had an “organ bar”. It’s nasty, but it’s ours!

Continue down the road a bit on South Tacoma Boulevard for more great roadside attractions and vernacular architecture.