Public

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

The pedestrian traffic signals in Brazil's teeming metropolis light up with clues to nearby landmarks.

A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.

This Stockholm light tower can be controlled by anyone with a smartphone.

A $100,000 tumbleweed decorates an Arizona park and ride that got its priorities a bit tangled.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

This historic rec center in the heart of Israel is a bastion of peace and togetherness.

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

Maybe the only missile installed in a public park, this Cold War leftover was one of the first to carry a nuclear warhead.

Four alabaster giants contemplate the tides on the shore of Denmark.