London, England
'The Naked Ladies'
No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.
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London, England
No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.
Borgo Valsugana, Italy
An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.
Joneikiškės, Lithuania
A curious art park at the geographic center of Europe is home to 3,000 television sets and other wonders.
Borrego Springs, California
Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.
Makarau, New Zealand
A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.
Wicklow, Ireland
An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.
Oslo, Norway
One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."
Nairobi, Kenya
A glass and sculpture wonderland forms an oasis in a remote part of Kenya.
Chatham, New York
Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.
Samcheog, South Korea
Various forms of phallic art decorate this hill in commemoration of legendary local tragedy.
Matera, Italy
An abandoned quarry hides an open-air gallery of huge sculptures, some made from the rubble of 9/11.
Canberra, Australia
Dozens of large-scale, creative, evocative curios from prominent artists dot the calm outdoor space around this major museum.
Kudirkos Naumiestis, Lithuania
An impressive ensemble of sculptures that survived the Soviet regime.
Meknes, Morocco
The ruins of an early-18th-century complex that could once house up to 12,000 horses.
Meknes, Morocco
Designed as a labyrinth, this subterranean prison was crafted without bars or doors.
Itoigawa, Japan
You can still find treasures on the pebbly beaches of one of the world's oldest jade-producing areas.
Washington Island, Wisconsin
This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.
Hawaii
This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.
Bodo, Norway
According to the locals, the sands of this secluded Norway beach are infused with gemstone particles.
Francois Peron National Park, Australia
This Australian beach is composed of tiny shells.
Eleele, Hawaii
This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.
Hamelin Pool, Australia
Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.