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Bailey Art Museum
Crockett, California

Bailey Art Museum

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.
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FOUND: Painted Japanese Doors from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition

Sarah Laskow August 27, 2015
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Fleeting Wonders: Watch One Stumble Ruin $1.5 Million Worth of Flowers

Eric Grundhauser August 25, 2015
The Flashing Streetlights of Ai Nati Oggi
Ghent, Belgium

The Flashing Streetlights of Ai Nati Oggi

Each time a baby is born in Ghent, these streetlights flash in silent celebration.
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See Christina Broom’s Pioneering Photos of Soldiers and Suffragettes

Anika Burgess August 13, 2015
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The Quest to Recover Eastern Europe's Most Avant-Garde Art

Damaris Colhoun August 11, 2015
Exposure
Lelystad, Netherlands

Exposure

This giant wire frame man sculpture is crouched in contemplation.
Leighton House Museum
London, England

Leighton House Museum

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.
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An Artist's Epic Journey Across North America To Capture Railways and Ports

Anika Burgess August 7, 2015
Panorama Museum Salzburg
Salzburg, Austria

Panorama Museum Salzburg

This 19th century cyclorama acts like an analogue time machine to a different era.
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The Brutal Beauty of Concrete Buildings

Rachel Doyle and Anika Burgess July 31, 2015
"Rubber Duck" hangs in Hong Kong.
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Meet the World’s Most Controversial Inflatable Yellow Duck

Cara Giaimo July 29, 2015
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Every Book Is a Journey, But These Old Posters Make Reading Seem Like a Trip

Anika Burgess July 28, 2015
Nicholas Roerich Museum
New York, New York

Nicholas Roerich Museum

This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.
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The Phone App That Transforms Subway Ads into Art

Jeremy Berke July 23, 2015
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A Very Still Life: The Art and Music of Jack Kevorkian

Eric Grundhauser July 22, 2015
A House for Essex
Manningtree, England

A House for Essex

This surreal art house looks like a geometric version of a small chapel.
The curators drink cart
Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Curator's Office

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.