Art

This little town supplies Japan with most of its calligraphy brushes, still made by hand from animal fur.

The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.

An unusual bronze bus shelter is actually an art installation commenting on the city's history with the Nazi party.

Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

One thousand trees were planted in Norway to be used to print books a century from now.

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

This old mill and former police station now present a world-class collection of Orthodox iconography.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.