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The World's Most Beautiful Public Toilet

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Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts

Martha's Vineyard Gingerbread Houses

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.
Los Angeles, California

Japanese Cultural Village

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.
The central structure, known as Triangolo Barberini.
Rome, Italy

Triangolo Barberini

An abandoned 17th-century baroque hunting lodge with a wonderfully strange architectural plan.
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Schouwburgplein Kinetic Lamp Posts

Four giant movable street lights decorate this modern Rotterdam square.
Kyoto Garden.
London, England

Kyoto Garden

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.
Two Moka pots, together on a counter.
design

The Humble Brilliance of Italy's Moka Coffee Pot

In the era of pods, the iconic item has become an endangered species.
Dan Nosowitz December 7, 2018
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta Glass Treehouse

Suspended above the ground in a thicket of towering Georgia trees is a modern architectural wonder.
What do the lines mean?
infrastructure

There's a Secret Code Hiding on These Madrid Security Bollards

It took the power of the internet to crack it.
Juan Pablo Garnham November 21, 2018
The Barra Airport is one of the only airports in the world where planes use the beach as a runway.
architecture

9 Airports More Interesting Than the One You're Stuck In

These unusual runways put the wonder back in flying.
Kerry Wolfe November 21, 2018
Miniature versions of some of Tucson's most famous neon signs.
Tucson, Arizona

Ignite Sign Art Museum

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.
Brusttuch House
Goslar, Germany

Brusttuch House

A peculiar trapezoidal building covered with wonderful humorous reliefs.
Eleanor Roosevelt voting in 1936.
design

Voting Booths Were a Radical 19th-Century Reform to Stop Election Fraud

An idea imported from Australia, they helped enable the "secret" part of secret ballots.
Sarah Laskow November 5, 2018
When Gordon began his garden, he started with mannequins.
Los Angeles, California

Hollywood Sculpture Garden

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.
The house evokes a concrete quilt.
Los Angeles, California

Samuel Freeman House

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.
Casa Redonda.
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Casa Redonda

A mysterious architectural gem in one of the most elegant areas of Buenos Aires.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Mitchell Park Domes

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.
A bag from Bamberger's department store, mid 20th century.
libraries

At the Newark Public Library, Shopping Bags Carry Local History

The New Jersey institution is home to a collection of more than 2,000 of these often overlooked items.
Courtney Lichterman September 25, 2018