Wallpapers

The whole collection, ready for your desktop. Right-click → "save image as…", just like in 2004. They look best on a CRT monitor, but we won't be picky. For the rest of the desktop (icons, cursors, sounds), head to customization.

House on the horizon
the house on the horizon
The day wallpaper of this very site. Field, sky, a house that won't get closer no matter how far you walk.
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Hallway with a window
the window at the end
The night wallpaper of this site (switch to a night theme in the banner and you'll see it at work).
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Cotton clouds
cotton clouds
The day banner. Good sky, the kind they don't make anymore.
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Park dome at night
the dome
The night banner. A playground structure that's a game by day and a temple by night.
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Street over a sea of clouds
the end of the street
An ordinary street that ends in sky. For desktops that need an emergency exit.
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Poolrooms
poolrooms
Still water, white tile, echo. The classic of the aquatic subgenre.
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CGI hills
the hills
Old-school render, 7KB of pure anemoia. The low resolution is the point: stretch it fullscreen without fear.
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Park in the fog
the park in the fog
Still swings, reduced visibility, childhood in low-power mode.
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Green hallway
the green hallway
Institutional fluorescent. For when you want your desktop to feel like overtime.
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Street with balloons
the balloons
A party left uncollected. Nobody remembers whose birthday it was.
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Laundromat with clouds
the laundromat that dreams
Spin cycle and cumulus. Long programme.
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Monolith in a field
the monolith (field)
The door without a wall, meadow edition.
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Monolith by a path
the monolith (path)
The door without a wall, school-route edition.
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New wing: places of passage (12 Jun 2026)

Empty mall at night with a white Christmas tree
the night mall
The missing piece: half-lowered shutters, fluorescents and a christmas tree nobody took down.
photo: JIP · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Beige high-school hallway
the high-school hallway
Lorain High School, Ohio. A digital camera from the good era. The canonical liminal photo.
photo: Matt Dempsey · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Atrium of the Randall Park Mall
the randall park mall fountain
It was the biggest in the world. It died slowly, its plants watered to the end.
photo: Eddie~S · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Mall gallery with a skylight
the benches under the skylight
2009 phone quality, skylight light, one last person sitting.
photo: Jtalledo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Vuosaari platform at night
the midnight platform
Vuosaari, Helsinki. Illustrates the night playlist of the music room.
photo: JIP · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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about the photos: the original collection was gathered from various internet sources for archival, non-profit purposes; the new wing comes from Wikimedia Commons with author and licence noted. if an image is yours and you want credit or removal, say so in the guestbook and it's handled right away.