Here are three extraordinary approaches to carving used to create amazing art from ordinary (and often fragile) objects.

Shopdropping was probably the last kind of giving on most people's minds as they shopped during the holiday season.

Have you ever wanted to rule your very own country? Some people have actually managed to make it work, though their histories can be strange and amazing.

The subject of graffiti often brings out strongly polarized reactions from urban dwellers, who either support it as art or criticize it as vandalism.

You can judge which one is the actual winner of this dubious award after taking a look at this incredible collection of the tiniest hotels in the world!

Ever see an impressive derelict structure and wonder just how a building so elegant, sizable or centrally located could be abandoned?

San Francisco has a rich history and culture that spans a diverse set of groups time periods - here is a brief pictorial tour of its progress and evolution.

Here is a selection of ideal urban camouflage perfect for blending into the city scenery and traveling around town unseen while exploring amazing urban abandonments.

As impressive as those were, however, some modern examples have begun to rival them in terms of complexity, ingenuity and (of course) sustainability.

Most would argue that graffiti removal is at best the elimination of vandalism or at worst the destruction of art, right?