Showing posts with the label Public Art

The Concrete Block of Human Teeth in Elkhart

Mar 6, 2015

At the street corner created by the intersection of Riverside Drive and Lexington Avenue in the city of Elkhart, in Indiana, United States, ...

The Peeing Statues of Brussels

Dec 9, 2014

One of the most iconic symbols of Brussels is not a majestic bridge or a tower or a cathedral, but a tiny statue of a little boy happily pis...

A Prada Store in The Middle of The Desert

Sep 9, 2014

In a desolate strip, just off U.S. Route 90 in West Texas, about 60 km northwest of the city of Marfa, lies a tiny Prada store. On the front...

International Car Forest of the Last Church

Aug 21, 2014

On the outskirts of the old mining town of Goldfield, in Nevada, about half-a-mile off Highway 95, lies the “International Car Forest of the...

The Kelpies: Giant Horse Sculptures in Falkrik

May 29, 2014

The Kelpies are two towering horse-head sculptures, standing next to the Forth and Clyde Canal, in Helix park, in Falkrik, in Scotland. The ...

Toilet Bowl Waterfall in Foshan, China

Feb 22, 2014

Foshan, a city in central Guangdong province in China, has one of the strangest public art - a fountain built out of 10,000 recycled toilets...

The Vigeland Sculpture at Frogner Park, Norway

Dec 25, 2013

The Vigeland Sculpture Arrangement is a permanent, open exhibition of the works of the brilliant Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland, located...

Foamhenge - Stonehenge Replica in Virginia Built of Styrofoam

Feb 14, 2013

Virginia, USA, has a Stonehenge of its own, built from Styrofoam. This full size replica was built by Mark Cline of Enchanted Castle Studio ...

Magical Floating Faucet Fountains

Aug 4, 2012

The floating tap fountain is a clever illusion. It consist of a faucet mysteriously hovering above a pool or basin with an endless supply of...

Giuliano Mauri's Tree Cathedral

Jan 5, 2012

Giuliano Mauri's "Cattedrale Vegetale" is arguably the most impressive piece of ‘natural architecture’ on Earth. Located at th...

Chewing Gum Wall in California

Dec 8, 2011

If you are squeamish and easily disgusted, never walk along Bubblegum Alley and don’t touch the walls because lining the walls on this alley...

Pedestrian Roller Coaster in Germany

Nov 24, 2011

If you are scared of the loops and dizzy heights of a roller coaster, you can try out the new roller-coaster walkway at Duisburg that lets y...

World's Largest Scale Model of the Solar System Covers Entire Sweden

Oct 23, 2011

The Sweden Solar System is the world's largest model of our planetary system, built at a scale of 1:20 million and stretches the entire...

Janet Echelman’s Floating Sculptures

Oct 6, 2011

Janet Echelman is an American artist who creates fluid moving sculptures out of nets. Echelman was first inspired to use nets while on a Fu...

The Singing Ringing Tree at Burnley

Jul 14, 2011

The Singing Ringing Tree is a unique wind powered sound sculpture resembling a tree set in the landscape of the Pennine mountain range overl...

Living Statues At La Rambla Street, Barcelona

Jun 15, 2011

Las Rambla is one of the landmark streets of Barcelona. The approximately 1.3 km long road, in the middle a pedestrian zone, connecting Plaç...

The Bottle Tree Ranch of Elmer Long

Aug 27, 2010

The Bottle Tree Ranch created by Elmer Long offers one of the most strangest sight along Route 66 in California’s Mojave County. When Elmer...

Sign Post Forest of Watson Lake, Alaska

Jul 27, 2010

One of the most famous of the landmarks along the Alaska Highway was started by a homesick GI in 1942, and is now one of the attractions whi...

The Curious Story of ‘Bobby's Bus Shelter’ at Unst, Scotland

Jun 19, 2010

Bobby's Bus Shelter at Unst, one of the northernmost isle of Shetland Islands in Scotland, might be the only bust stop in the world tha...

11 Wackiest Roadside Attractions in America

Apr 10, 2010

Before the advent of corporate communications and architectural uniformity, America's built environment was a free-form landscape of ind...