CURIOUS / COLLECTIONS

Cabinet of
curiosities

An informal collection of peculiar objects, overlooked details, strange encounters, and things worth a second look. From the road, the city, and everywhere in between.

Black-and-white photograph of shelves filled with curiosities, anatomical illustrations and collected objects.
Grayscale shelf still life with a bronze rabbit bust, dice, shell, river rock, succulent, Topo Chico bottle and peacock feather, Leica camera, Texas DOT marker, tobacco pipe and railroad spike.
Fig. 01 / The cabinetA collection worth a second look

Curious / Collections

Cabinet of Curiosities

An informal collection of peculiar objects, and strange encounters.

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Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Field findsRoadside

CD-00014

Blacksquatch

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Added to the Curious Collection

Discovered in 2019 in the tri-state convergence of New Mexico-Oklahoma-Texas

Field findsRoadsideSurveying

CD-00004

US Geodetic Survey Marker

Discovered in 2019 in the tri-state convergence of New Mexico-Oklahoma-Texas

Added to the Curious Collection

Route 66, Tulsa Oklahoma

Field findsRoadside

CD-00002

Buck Atom’s Cosmic Curios

Route 66, Tulsa Oklahoma

Added to the Curious Collection