The week’s catch — the shortlisted finds that earned their keep but hadn’t yet landed in a theme. An academic archive of horror, the house where Ozu spent his last years, a five-block roost thousands of crows return to each night, and a handful more, gathered here so none of them slip out of sight.
The world's only academic center devoted to the horror genre
→ atlasobscura.com
Sleep in the century-old Kita-Kamakura house where Ozu spent his final years
→ wallpaper.com
Thousands of crows roost on the same five blocks every night
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A steel ball endlessly redraws its own sand patterns beneath glass
→ sisyphus-industries.com
Images erased, then recomposed from their own shavings
→ spoon-tamago.com
A curated archive of elevator scenes across movies and TV
→ liftsinfilm.com