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Dark Bird Palace

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Dark Bird Palace

A famous flea market artist's studio that's full of odds and ends.

Keswick, England

Derwent Pencil Museum

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

Kakira Workshop: Imigongo

Kakira Imigongo Cooperative

A small Rwandan workshop where you'll find traditional works of art—made from cow dung.

Petroglyph known as "the zipper"

Parowan Gap Petroglyphs

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

Country Club Plaza

Kansas City, Missouri

Country Club Plaza

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

Found: A Sketchbook of Van Gogh’s Drawings

They're apparently "dazzling."

Sarah Laskow June 17, 2016

The D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths Is Famous. But What About Their Forgotten American Stories?

The husband-wife team chose to tell American myths first.

Sarah Laskow June 17, 2016

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Forbes Pigment Collection

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

Scrap metal sculpture

Listvyanka, Russia

Museum Retro Park

A tiny park off the beaten path covered in ingenious scrap metal sculptures.

Man with a briefcase

Fort Worth, Texas

Man With a Briefcase

The man who wasn't there.

Buffy the Neighborhood Watch Slayer

Toronto, Ontario

Toronto Neighbourhood Watch Signs

The Incredible Hulk, Yoda, Mulder and Scully, and many many others watch over the mean streets of Toronto.

The Hockomock Swamp, or “place where spirits dwell” was the final holdout for the Wampanoag during King Philip’s War.

How Massachusetts Came to Have Its Own Bermuda Triangle

The story behind some very mysterious rocks.

Jake Robertson June 13, 2016

Europe's First Pornographic Blockbuster Was Made in the Vatican

Copies of the 16 explicit paintings were turned into a booklet that circulated throughout the continent.

Esther Inglis-Arkell June 13, 2016

Destination Club

Destination Club

A progressive LGBTQ hub offers dancing, HIV testing, art, and more.

New York, New York

Keith Haring’s ‘Once Upon a Time’ Bathroom Mural

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Graffiti Alley - Ann Arbor

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

Vandals Destroy 8,000-Year-Old Aboriginal Art in Australia

Stop doing this.

Erik Shilling June 10, 2016

Atlanta, Georgia

Tiny Doors ATL

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.