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Pieces of ceramic and glass that Atherton has found in the Thames, interspersed with more recent trash.

The Artist Making Tapestries Out of Aquatic Trash

Jo Atherton's colorful works turn our plastic crisis into a meditation on memory and time.

Cara Giaimo May 2, 2018

The Sneinton Dragon.

Nottingham, England

Sneinton Dragon

When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.

Art-o-mat.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Art-o-mat

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Glen Eden Einbinder mostly stores his collection in boxes and files.

The Man Searching the World for Artifacts Bearing His Name

Why an artist named Glen Eden collects "Glen Eden" memorabilia.

Natasha Frost April 30, 2018

Burlington Earth Clock.

Burlington, Vermont

Burlington Earth Clock

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

Wandering the Immeasurable.

Meyrin, Switzerland

'Wandering the Immeasurable'

CERN's beautiful, bending sculpture is a tribute to the spread of knowledge.

Mark Witton's reconstruction has a short proboscis and medium sized ears.

The Puzzles and Pitfalls of Reconstructing Paraceratherium, the Largest Ever Land Mammal

Piecing together a giant prehistoric rhinoceros is as hard as it looks.

Natasha Frost April 26, 2018

Permanently Closed

Nelson's Courtyard.

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Nelson's Courtyard

A surreal pile of colorful junk fills a small yard in an otherwise gray neighborhood.

The Uncanny Delights of the World Balloon Convention

Competitors create a universe where everything is bright and round.

Cara Giaimo April 25, 2018

Architectural DNA.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Architectural DNA

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

Exterior of James Turrell Skyspace

Seattle, Washington

James Turrell Skyspace

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

Kampung Biru Arema.

Blimbing, Indonesia

Kampung Tridi

Bright Indonesian villages painted in a rainbow of competing color schemes.

Petroglyphs visible on Haleets Rock.

Bainbridge Island, Washington

Haleets Rock

Mysterious ancient petroglyphs carved on a glacial boulder at the tip of Bainbridge Island.

Look for the gnome!

Denver, Colorado

Hidden Elves at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

Panagia (Our Lady) tu Araka.

Lagoudera, Cyprus

Panagia tu Araka

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

Bhimbetka Rock Shelters

Bhimbetka Rock Shelters

A giant repository of accidentally discovered cave paintings up to 30,000 years old.

objects of intrigue

Making Art for Bees

Michael Candy's Synthetic Pollenizer is "a sculpture for a different species."

Cara Giaimo April 17, 2018

Painted scribe vendor and real-life customer.

Trompe-l'œil Murals of Hanoi

Life-sized painted illusions let pedestrians blend in with the street art.