Public Works

This giant work of Cappadocian pottery includes a memorial for the artisan who created it.

An abandoned incline railway site is now a green space with six acres of trails connecting hilltop neighborhoods.

This museum explores the history of the city's public transportation. Its collection includes the world's oldest preserved electric trolley car.

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

An artistic interpretation of the history of a Scottish park, combining poetry with anthropomorphic animals.

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

A winding cave grotto walkway built to provide employment for veterans after World War I.

This petite cutlery factory sits on the foundations of a defunct gasworks.

An innovative local park built from an abandoned sewage treatment plant.

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.

The final resting place of a wealthy landowner who helped create the largest public park in Western Massachusetts.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

An elegant sandstone stairway built by the WPA still connects two neighborhoods in Akron.

An unassuming rod in the Netherlands was once the old standard unit of length for the entire Dutch empire.

A preserved oasis with traditional Andalusian-style architecture and beautiful views of the Nile.

This abandoned Swedish folkpark offers an amazing view over the town of Överkalix.