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Bratislava, Slovakia
Prírodná Galéria Šrot Park (Scrap Park Nature Gallery)
Admire dozens of life-size animals made from old scrap metal, nuts, screws, and valves.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cuyperspassage
Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.
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Podcast: Gorgeous Grotesques with the Places Team
Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
Scottsdale, Arizona
Frank Lloyd Wright Spire
Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.
New York, New York
Rudolph de Harak Digital Clock
The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.
Emmaus, Pennsylvania
Emmaus Mosaic Mural
A fascinating community art piece created by students, teachers, and noted Philadelphia artist Isaiah Zagar.
Budapest, Hungary
Gömböc
The largest statue of this convex, homogeneous object with just one stable and one unstable equilibrium point.
Brooklyn, New York
'Civic Virtue Triumphant Over Unrighteousness'
This controversial statue has migrated twice in its life.
Lassodie, Scotland
St. Ninian's Fife Earth Project
The half-finished remains of what would have been Scotland’s biggest piece of landscape art.
Cergy, France
'Axe Majeur' ('Major Axis')
This massive sculptural work outside of Paris was four decades in the making—and it's still not quite complete.
Smygehuk, Sweden
'Famntaget' ('The Embrace')
This statue standing near Sweden's southernmost point was based on the grandmother of a modern movie star.
Melbourne, Australia
Adnate Collingwood Mural
This 20-story artwork on a public housing block is the tallest mural in the Southern Hemisphere and tells the story of a community.
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Vaughan, Ontario
ArtWalk Vaughan
This former big box store has been reimagined as a massive public art space.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Fairgrounds St. Pete
This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.
Seydisfjordur, Iceland
'Heavier Mountain'
The only structure in a remote mountain pass, these colorful cubes are visible from miles away.
Andorra la Vella, Andorra
The Internal Garden of Plaça Casadet
This hidden courtyard in the Andorran capital hosts a unique contemporary sculpture park.
Nuremberg, Germany
'Der Hase'
This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.
Kutztown, Pennsylvania
'Untitled (Figure Balancing on Dog)'
A park in a small Pennsylvania town is home to an original sculpture by one of its native sons, legendary artist and activist Keith Haring.
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