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Get Your Slice of NYC Life with Trash in a Cube

One Manhattanite's trash is another person's kitschy plastic knick-knack. Artist Justin Gignac packages and sells NYC trash for $50 a pop.

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Uber Creepy Tour: Abandoned Six Flags New Orleans [69 Pics]

The atmosphere in an abandoned amusement park gives off a nightmarish vibe. With 69 uber-creepy urban exploration photos, we tour abandoned Six Flags New Orleans.

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Suspending Belief: 10 Span-tastic Bridges

Spanning the globe with concrete and steel, these 10 span-tastic bridges prove the journey is often more interesting than the destination.

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‘Clean City’: São Paulo Scrubbed of Outdoor Ads

What does a city wiped clean of all advertising look like? Like São Paulo, Brazil, which removed all billboards and other ads from every public surface in 2007.

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Underwater Archeology: Diving Below an Ancient Cathedral

After hearing about the fabled secret passages beneath one of the oldest cathedrals in the world, one director set out to get answers for himself and the world.

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Arctic Vacation & the Artist Suites of the Icehotel

For vacation unlike any other, a person might try a visit to a hotel built of ice and snow. There are 32 artist suites for snuggling within the ICEHOTEL.

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Eye See: Astronomical Architecture Of The Jantar Mantar

The Jantar Mantar, a quintet of 18th century astronomical observatories, bear mute testimony to the skill and ingenuity of India's royal astronomers.

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Architectural Love Story: 10 Castles Built for Love

Architecture is influenced by Eros, also known as Cupid. Expressing love in architecture is divinely romantic. For Valentine’s Day, here are 10 castles built for love.

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Ghost Ships: Ten Scary Spirits Of The Seven Seas

Mysterious ghost ships with missing crews have spiced the tales of mariners for hundreds of years. Here are ten of the scariest ships you ever will "sea".

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Dial4Light: Turning Street Lights On Via Mobile Phone

A groundbreaking cost-cutting, energy-saving program in Germany called Dial4Light requires pedestrians to activate street lights using their cell phones.

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App Provides Glimpse of Phantom City

An iPhone app allows users to explore the New York City that could have been if visionary architectural proposals had become reality.

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18 Super Shipping Container School and Hotel Designs

After seeing the success of other shipping container construction projects, schools and hotels are getting in on the money- and time-saving cargotecture method.

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Sin City Skinny Dip: 10 Luxurious Las Vegas Hotel Pools

From last resort to desert oasis, Las Vegas' host of hotels have helped make the gambling mecca a fabulous fun destination and the party starts in the pool.

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Building Up An Appetite: Architecture With Good 'Taste'

These 10 mouth-watering buildings may look delicious but their "tasteful" designs project a brand image that warms the heart while aiming for the stomach.

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Stunning Stereoviews: Historical Photos Show Past in 3D

Life in turn-of-the-century Japan is captured in vivid 3D with stereoviews by photographer T. Enami, viewed with a stereoscope or made into animated images.

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