Hidden Cell Phone Towers? Try To Beat This One.

The Los Angeles Times has a photo essay about cell phone towers being cleverly disguised as palm trees.

I think the best thing about Emily Shur’s photo essay is its title:  Nature Calls.

But come on, I’ve got this one beat.  For years, my parents in Medford, Oregon have had a church down the street with a cross that doubles as a cell phone tower…or cell phone tower that doubles as a cross.  However you choose to view it.

According to Hi-Tech Composite Structures, the company that built the cross:

This cross at a church in Medford is doubling as a cell tower. Verizon Wireless approached the First Christian Church and the congregation agreed. So the church got permission from the city and built a new cross that connects people’s faith and their phone calls. The church receives a monthly stipend from Verizon, which parishioners say will allow them to do things they could not otherwise afford.