Comments on: The Quick 10: 10 Novelty Architecture Buildings http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16834 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:16:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Gavin Cruickshank http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16834/comment-page-1#comment-392584 Gavin Cruickshank Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:17:54 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16834#comment-392584 The aerial view of the former Olivetti building in Dundee, Scotland is the profile of a typewriter. Click the Google Maps link below and turn your screen ninety degrees anti-clockwise: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=camperdown+park,+dundee&sll=56.461428,-2.968111&sspn=0.15061,0.593262&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Camperdown+Park,+Dundee,+Angus+DD2+4TF,+United+Kingdom&ll=56.48416,-3.018333&spn=0.000588,0.002317&t=h&z=19 The aerial view of the former Olivetti building in Dundee, Scotland is the profile of a typewriter. Click the Google Maps link below and turn your screen ninety degrees anti-clockwise:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=camperdown+park,+dundee&sll=56.461428,-2.968111&sspn=0.15061,0.593262&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Camperdown+Park,+Dundee,+Angus+DD2+4TF,+United+Kingdom&ll=56.48416,-3.018333&spn=0.000588,0.002317&t=h&z=19

]]> By: Randy MacDonald http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16834/comment-page-1#comment-86507 Randy MacDonald Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:17:32 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16834#comment-86507 In this, the International Year of the Potato, I am sorry to see you omit the Big Potato in Maugherville NB. In this, the International Year of the Potato, I am sorry to see you omit the Big Potato in Maugherville NB.

]]> By: Steve http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16834/comment-page-1#comment-86190 Steve Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:27:51 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16834#comment-86190 In Jabiru, Northern Territory, Australia there is a hotel shaped like a crocodile. The swimming pools at the hotel are okay to swim in, but there is a lake in the town that sometimes has crocodiles in it. In Jabiru, Northern Territory, Australia there is a hotel shaped like a crocodile. The swimming pools at the hotel are okay to swim in, but there is a lake in the town that sometimes has crocodiles in it.

]]> By: Jason! http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16834/comment-page-1#comment-85961 Jason! Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:49:36 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16834#comment-85961 There is a shoe shaped building where I live... it's a shoe repair store. www.roadsideamerica.com/story/10289 There is a shoe shaped building where I live… it’s a shoe repair store.

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/10289

]]> By: Corey http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16834/comment-page-1#comment-85899 Corey Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:45:50 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16834#comment-85899 Since the location was left out for the Big Chicken...I'll add it here...It's in Marietta, GA. Since the location was left out for the Big Chicken…I’ll add it here…It’s in Marietta, GA.

]]> By: kat http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16834/comment-page-1#comment-85832 kat Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:13:47 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16834#comment-85832 In detroit there is a giant tire along i-94. it's not a structure that is made to look like a tire, it is a tire with real tread. click on my name to see it In detroit there is a giant tire along i-94. it’s not a structure that is made to look like a tire, it is a tire with real tread. click on my name to see it

]]> By: drain surgeon http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16834/comment-page-1#comment-85821 drain surgeon Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:41:40 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16834#comment-85821 Portland or. used to have a "little brown jug" building. not sure if still there Portland or. used to have a “little brown jug” building. not sure if still there

]]> By: tim http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16834/comment-page-1#comment-85785 tim Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:03:01 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16834#comment-85785 those are some nice big pictures there those are some nice big pictures there

]]> By: Ciao Bambina http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16834/comment-page-1#comment-85781 Ciao Bambina Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:55:37 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16834#comment-85781 Mary Lou's Milk Bottle (www.historicspokane.org/Garland/Garland%202006%20(8).jpg) in Spokane, WA, is just down the street from me. It's a 75-year-old former dairy that is now an old-fashioned ice cream parlour that serves handmade shakes and malts as well as delicious burgers and fries. Stop by for the best huckleberry shake you've ever had when you're in town! Mary Lou’s Milk Bottle (www.historicspokane.org/Garland/Garland%202006%20(8).jpg) in Spokane, WA, is just down the street from me.

It’s a 75-year-old former dairy that is now an old-fashioned ice cream parlour that serves handmade shakes and malts as well as delicious burgers and fries.

Stop by for the best huckleberry shake you’ve ever had when you’re in town!

]]> By: Stacy Conradt http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16834/comment-page-1#comment-85779 Stacy Conradt Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:47:15 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16834#comment-85779 whoops, sorry guys. I've been watching a lot of Flight of the Conchords so I think I had New Zealand on the brain. whoops, sorry guys. I’ve been watching a lot of Flight of the Conchords so I think I had New Zealand on the brain.

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