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Qualicum Beach, British Columbia
Folk Art Farms
An eclectic retreat speckled with whimsical folk art.
Roswell, New Mexico
Roswell UFO Spacewalk
A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.
Clarkesville, Georgia
SamG Land
A wonderland of folk art including the World’s Largest Grit.Â
Kulin, Australia
Tin Horse Highway
There's a lot of horsing around on this lonely stretch of Australian highway.
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Meet the Man Behind Ohio’s Whimsical Temple of Tolerance
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Meet the Man Who Built North Dakota’s Enchanted Highway
Chesham, England
Chesham Cozies
A line of iron bollards with colorful, handknitted cozies fitted over them.
Ishigaki, Japan
Yonekoyaki Craft Center Shisa Park
Along the side of the road on a small Japanese island is an extensive garden of uniquely designed Shisa statues.
Stockholm, Sweden
Kronblom on a Walk
Wooden cutouts of the fictional family from the popular Swedish comic strip take a stroll along the side of the road.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Het Badkonijn
A giant floating rubber duck-bunny painted with a different design every year.
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Denton, Texas
The Chairy Orchard
A quirky collection of old chairs fills a random vacant lot in suburban Texas.
Quartzsite, Arizona
The Red Ghost of Quartzsite
A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.
Captain Cook, Hawaii
The Painted Church
A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.
Alexandria, Egypt
Tamr Hena Museum
Part shoe store, part sociopolitical art gallery, part zoo.
Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
Penguins of Berwick
Over a decade ago, painted penguins mysteriously appeared around Berwick-upon-Tweed for no apparent reason.
Brooklyn, New York
Kane Street Impaled Pumpkins
For 20 years, local pumpkins have met their fate on the iron fence surrounding this Cobble Hill home.
Reykjavik, Iceland
The Raven's Nest
This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.
Aguascalientes, Mexico
Templo de San Antonio
This ornate church designed by a self-taught architect is an eclectic masterpiece in the heart of Central Mexico.
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