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Nike with dogs relica.

San Antonio, Texas

Miraflores

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

Guitar in sidewalk in progress.

Houston, Texas

Smither Park

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

Art Car Museum
Permanently Closed

Houston, Texas

Art Car Museum

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

The Orange Show

Houston, Texas

The Orange Show

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

What remains of the corner of 12th Street and Vine.

Kansas City, Missouri

Goin’ To Kansas City Plaza

This classic Kansas City song reference is the place for anyone who wants to stand at the corner of 12th Street and Vine.

A mural on the side of the building was painted by local artist Alexander Austin in honor of area native jazz great Charlie “Bird” Parker.

Kansas City, Missouri

Mutual Musicians Foundation

Soak in the soul of Kansas City at the oldest continually-operating jazz club in the country.

Exterior West side.

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City Workhouse

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

View of the "books."

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City Library's Community Bookshelf

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

View of south side of museum.

Kansas City, Missouri

World's Largest Shuttlecocks

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

Charlie Parker Memorial

Kansas City, Missouri

Charlie Parker Memorial

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

Imperial Brewery in Kansas City
Permanently Closed

Kansas City, Missouri

Imperial Brewery

Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.

View from across Piazza San Marco.

Venice, Italy

St. Mark's Clock Tower (Torre dell'Orologio)

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Prague Astronomical Clock

Prague, Czechia

Prague Astronomical Clock

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The DDR Museum

Berlin, Germany

The DDR Museum

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

Marx and Engels Forum

Berlin, Germany

Marx and Engels Forum

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

Design Panoptikum

Berlin, Germany

Design Panoptikum

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

Water tower in Växjö

Växjö, Sweden

Växjö Echo Tower

The dome-shaped reservoir of this old water tower produces unique acoustic effects.

(Flickr/Björn Söderqvist)

Malmö, Sweden

Turning Torso

Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

Øresund Bridge

Malmö, Sweden

Øresund Bridge

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

Oberhafenkantine Berlin at its current location at  Arena Berlin

Berlin, Germany

Oberhafenkantine Berlin

A portable, wooden replica (minus the hyphen) of Hamburg’s iconic crooked coffee shop.

The bell tower as seen from Campo Santa Margherita.

Venice, Italy

Church of Santa Margherita

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

Church of San Giacomo di Rialto

Venice, Italy

Church of San Giacomo di Rialto

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

Ponte delle Tette

Venice, Italy

Ponte delle Tette

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

The columns looking out over the Venetian Lagoon.

Venice, Italy

St. Mark's Lost Third Column

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

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