Smokin' on the water... that's how hot these canoes, kayaks and boats are! It's amazing what a little tech know-how and a vivid imagination can do when whipping up wild watercraft. Here are 15 that'll really float your boat.

From retrocool concept cars to far-out fashion in sci-fi inspired cities of tomorrow, these 131 samples of retrofuturistic design & technology will take you back to the good old days to come!

These ambitious concept trains move beyond the dream of steam to a new world of locomotive power. Clear the track, the train is back!

As a focus for family, friends, football and fun, the coffee table can't be beat... but it CAN be OFFbeat, as these 15 creative coffee table designs show so well.

Custom homes come in all shapes and sizes, but few stand out so much as these unique examples of residential architecture. They are, however, anything but cheap.

These incredible concept aircraft may only lift our imaginations, but in that respect they succeed... brilliantly.

Vehicle cutaways are a very special kind of art that lays bare a driving machine's inner workings for prying eyes to see... without all the messy prying with crowbars and such.

These outstanding, outlandish and outrageous concept cars show what direction automotive design might have taken if automakers had followed their dreams instead of listening to the bean counters.

Technically a liquid, glass can make a unique artistic medium. From vintage to modern, glass art is always classy.

These 15 retrofuturistic ads showcase one of advertising's most time-tested traits: convincing the target market a better, brighter future can be theirs TODAY.

Concept cars, dream machines and technology-packed prototypes give us hints of what the future holds. Here are 15 that have not, though they live on in our imaginations.

From buckskin packs to steamer trunks to carbon fiber carry-ons, the story of the suitcase parallels the explosion of travel and tourism..

Futuristic utopias have long been the dream of urban planners, sociologists and science fiction writers. These 10 examples showcase some of the weird, wild, and workable plans for living tomorrow's lifestyle today.

Monastic architecture is often spectacular, an attribute seemingly at odds with the ascetic lifestyle of its adherents. Time is a harsh mistress and after centuries of war, religious strife and natural disasters, only the strongest - and strangest - have survived. For that at least, we may be thankful.

These wacky concept bicycles are adaptable, portable, amphibious and often strange but undeniably imaginative.