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One of the original bathroom doors. Exene from X took the other one, I heard.
Los Angeles, California

The Masque

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.
Wonder Cave Entrance.
Rudolph, Wisconsin

Rudolph Grotto Gardens

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.
Cloaca machine at MONA
Berriedale, Australia

Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)

This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.
Permanently Closed
Lincoln is visible from far away.
Ashmore, Illinois

World's Tallest Lincoln Statue

This abandoned Abraham Lincoln statue has also earned the honorary of "World's Ugliest."
film

Watch a Melodramatic Communist Ballet from 1964

A ballerina weeps over the hammer and sickle in Mao's production of "The Red Detachment of Women."
Molly McBride Jacobson January 5, 2017
Plucking mandrake at a distance with the aid of string.
witchcraft

Mesmerizing Depictions of Magic and Witchcraft Throughout History

How the occult has been depicted in art, from mandrakes to palmistry.
Anika Burgess January 5, 2017
<em>Media Burn</em>, by John Turner
cars

Why is This Space-Age Car Slamming into a Wall of Flaming TVs?

How a photographer landed an iconic shot of the 1975 performance piece "Media Burn."
Andy Wright January 4, 2017
Fresco ceilings
Albi, France

Albi Cathedral

A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.
John Thomas Peele, Waiting For Their Master, 1859. Oil on canvas. Gift of the Mr. and Mrs. Alvin E. Maurer, Jr. estate
New York, New York

The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.
Florence, Italy

Museo Opificio delle Pietre Dure

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.
art

Watch Paper Masterpieces of China's Forgotten Tribes Unfold in Pop-Up Books

Artist and photographer Colette Fu uses the pop-up book to tell stories of minority tribes in China.
Lauren Young December 30, 2016
A detail of a velvet painting.
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The Inuit Love Affair with Black Velvet Painting

In the 1970s, a group of Palestinian salesmen set out to dominate the Canadian velvet market.
David Queen December 27, 2016
maps

Watch Sheets of Paper Turn into a Topographical Map of Lake Baikal

Artist Olga Skorokhod carves shapes into paper to create artistic cartography.
Lauren Young December 22, 2016
Saddle on exhibit
Elko, Nevada

Western Folklife Center

This arts and culture cultural center explores the diverse cultural heritage of the American West.
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There's A Secret Underground Art Gallery In Canada Dedicated To One Bulldog

The Hall of Zsu Zsi pays tribute to a beloved art world pet.
Cara Giaimo December 20, 2016
Uno Rondinone's desert art installation, Seven Magic Mountains.
outsider art

An Art Lover's Guide to Nevada

There are strange and beautiful creations in the desert and beyond.
The bust bears a striking resemblance to Madame Danton, perhaps because it was molded off her actual face.
Vizille, France

The Death Mask of Gabrielle Danton

The people's champion of the French Revolution was so overcome by grief at his wife's death that he exhumed her in the dead of night to make one final replica of her face.
1810s English Rotunda, Thorne Miniature Rooms
Chicago, Illinois

Thorne Miniature Rooms

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.