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Williams, Arizona

Flintstones Bedrock City

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

Riga Central Market

Riga Central Market

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

Sainte-Enimie, France

Utopix

Live-in sculpture begun by one family in 1979.

Parc

Barcelona, Spain

Parc de l'Espanya Industrial

A former steam-powered mill from the 1800s is now an industrial park with a giant steel dragon slide.

Sasamón, Spain

Museo Salaguti

Salaguti's live-in museum: a fortress against criticism and consumer art.

(Flickr/AWWS)

Mersin Province, Turkey

Fortress of Kızkalesi

Mediterranean castle on a tiny Turkish island.

Manazan, Turkey

City of Manazan

Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.

Sparta, Wisconsin

Wegner Grotto

Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.

(Flickr/muscolinos)

Caltagirone, Italy

Ceramic Steps of Caltagirone

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

Salantai, Lithuania

Orvidas Garden

Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.

A mudhif house

Al-Chibayish, Iraq

Mudhif Houses

Giant reed houses made in the marshes of Southern Iraq.

Cosswiller, France

Heliodome

One man's stunning attempt at eco-friendly living.

Kampong Ayer.

Kampung Lupak Luas, Brunei

Kampong Ayer

Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."

Beveren, Belgium

The Doomed City of Doel

This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.

National Library of Belarus

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.

(WikiCommons)

Tarragona, Spain

Pont del Diable

Stunning Roman aqueduct used for 1900 years and still standing.

Reserve Jangal Masrur Joni-I, India

Masrur Temple

15 monolithic temples emulate an eroding sand castle.

(Flickr/Curious Expeditions)

Sopron, Hungary

Taródi Vár

"Medieval" castle built in the mid-20th century by one family.