Phone Booths

A mid-century telephone booth still stands, now a long-distance relic of the past.

An old pay phone rewired to play local bird calls and songs at the press of a button.

Press 1 for knock-knock jokes.

This phone booth was recreated to honor "La cabina," considered the best horror film in the history of Spanish television.

In 1975, a forestry worker in Arizona claimed to have been abducted by a UFO.

Long before mobile phones or GPS were available, these sentry boxes provided help for motorists in need.

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

A Swedish phone box converted into an informal village library.

A former telephone box found new life as a photo booth and charity fundraiser.

A classic red phone box converted into an informal village library.

An iconic red telephone box turned tiny art gallery.

The phone booths in this English town have distinctly milky hues.

This red London phone booth once stood in front of Buckingham Palace and was used by the queen.

A unique blue and yellow phone booth in America's "Little Sweden."

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.