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El Bolsón, Argentina
El Bosque Tallado
This mountainside open-air museum was built from the ashes left behind by a devastating fire.
Corvallis, Oregon
Hull Picnic Table
This 85-foot-long table is made from a single slice of an old-growth Douglas Fir.
London, England
Long John Silver Figurehead Collection
The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.
Clearwater, Florida
Frank Miranda's Oddities & Antiques
An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.
Cushing, Maine
Langlais Sculpture Preserve
A nature and outdoor art preserve features the large-scale, abstract works of a renowned Maine folk artist.
Boothbay Harbor, Maine
The Sarah Mead
The last sailing lobster boat in Maine is also likely New England's first zero-emissions commercial vessel.
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The Carousel of Happiness
Southwest Harbor, Maine
Wendell Gilley Museum
One of the few institutions in the United States devoted to the art of decorative bird carving.
carousels
The Carousel That Saved a Town
How building a children's attraction rebuilt the community of Albany, Oregon.
Panauti, Nepal
Indreshwar Mahadev Temple Complex and Museum
One of the largest pagodas in Nepal is a 13th century testament to regional craftsmanship.
Lemon Cove, California
John Muir Statue
This massive statue of John Muir on the side of a California highway was carved from a redwood tree.
New Florence, Missouri
Wood Hat Spirits
Come for the heirloom-corn whiskey, stay for the wood hats.
Hunter, New York
St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church
This stave church nestled in the Catskills was built in the 1960s by a community of Ukrainian immigrants and refugees.
Huntington, Vermont
Birds of Vermont Museum
Wood carving meets bird conservation at this museum showcasing the life's work of one man.
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For Italy's Musical Woods, Threats From Without and Within
Val di Fiemme, source of famed "resonance wood" for instruments, faces wind storms, climate change, and beetle infestation.
Doubice, Czechia
Doubice Wooden Sculptures and Tanks
This village in Bohemian Switzerland hosts more than 300 wood carvings inspired by fairytales, folklore, and other oddities, as well as a series of Communist-era tanks
Deloraine, Australia
Jimmy Possum Chair
A faceless folk hero and his legacy of comfortable, expertly-crafted chairs lives on in a small Tasmanian town.
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To Save Norway's Stave Churches, Conservators Had to Relearn a Lost Art
The iconic wooden buildings require ancient weatherproofing technology.
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