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From Junk to Genius: 5 Found Art Meccas You Can Visit on Obscura Day
Topeka, Kansas
Truckhenge
These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.
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Seffner, Florida
Airstream Ranch
An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.
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Paris, France
Jeannot's Floor
The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.
Linköping, Sweden
Cirkulation II
This simple roadside art installation ended up sparking a folk art movement and a controversy of international proportions.
Chelsea, Oklahoma
Totem Pole Park
This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.
Phoenix, Arizona
Yayoi Kusama Firefly Infinity Mirror Room
The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.
Iceland
Samúel Jónsson's Art Farm
This secluded Iceland farm holds the collected works of one rural sculptor's creations.
Seattle, Washington
Fremont Bridge
From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.
Howes Cave, New York
Secret Caverns
Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.
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Its Walls in Ruins, a Mumbai Suburb Turned to Art and Was Reborn
Bomarzo, Italy
The Monsters of Bomarzo
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
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Mexico City, Mexico
La Isla de las Muñecas (Island of the Dolls)
An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.
Saint-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or, France
The Abode of Chaos
An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.
Hollandale, Wisconsin
Grandview
One Austrian's singular yard is now preserved as a folk art garden of concrete wonders.
Austin, Texas
Sparky Park
A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Maud Lewis' Painted House
This tiny abode has been covered in the art of the little old lady who made her life and living there.
Melba, Idaho
Cleo's Ferry Museum and Nature Trail
Birdhouses, peacocks, animal sculptures, and a graveyard are all found along this eclectic nature trail.
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