San Francisco, California
Ruth Asawa’s San Francisco Fountain
Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.
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San Francisco, California
Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.
Oakland, California
The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.
Brooklyn, New York
This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.
Alexandria, Egypt
Part shoe store, part sociopolitical art gallery, part zoo.
Parkes, Australia
A stargazing sculpture made from the ruins of an iconic telescope.
Havana, Cuba
A colorful narrow alley in Cuba is full of street art and sculptures made of found objects.
Erie, Kansas
A Jurassic artscape composed of transmission casings and other mechanical parts.
Seattle, Washington
A mesmerizing amount of crazy art is attached to the side of this house on Seattle's Phinney Ridge, bringing smiles to those who venture down the driveway to take a look.
Wichita, Kansas
After retiring, Gary Pendergrass turned his yard into a wonderland of outsider art.
Cleveland, Ohio
One man's collection of found art, sculpture, and ephemera adorns his two side-by-side homes.
Crécy-la-Chapelle, France
This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.
Staré Město, Czechia
Hundreds of "animals" created from scrap metal, alongside a collection of other oddities.
Savannah, Georgia
Papier-mâché folk art recognizing horrors of slave trade.
Milan, Italy
A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.
Osaka, Japan
This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
The last manually operated turntable ferry in the world.
Laos
A boat ride through utter darkness, lit only by headlamps, reveals an emerald green pool locals believe is sacred.
Kent, Washington
Tasked with beautifying a disused stretch of industrial land one artist filled a hole with grass.
Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Québec
A scenic overlook of a pit mine hundreds of meters deep filled with blue water.
Western Shore, Nova Scotia
Hunt for buried treasure in Nova Scotia.
Bisbee, Arizona
This open-pit mine is now an abandoned symbol of Bisbee's copper-mining heritage.
Walker County, Georgia
The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.
Erie, Pennsylvania
A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.
Irvine, California
Someone really, really wanted to save this fast-food icon from demolition.