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    12 Monuments Dedicated to Amazing Women: From Joan of Arc to the Working Women of Amsterdam

    Monuments to Women Ever hear that women are the fairer or weaker sex? While not every woman (and not every man for that matter) can lift over a hundred pounds many historical women have been as strong (or even far stronger) than their male counterparts in other critical ways and at crucial ...

    7 Somewhat Strangely Themed Hotels Around the World: From Argonauts to Astronomy

    Guest author Andrew Boyd has a passion for travel, especially cheap holidays somewhere interesting! Theme hotels and themed hotel rooms have popped up all over the world in recent years in order to accommodate niche groups of travelers with a passion for certain sports, musicians, places and ...

    7 Innovative Artists Who Create Art from Trash: Projected, Recycled and Other Amazing Art

    Creative Trash Art The cliche is that "one man's trash is another man's treasure" but the author of that phrase probably never realized how strangely true it could turn out to be. In today's world of weird and amazing art some of the most compelling and creative works have been born out ...

    25 (More) Incredible Works of Art from Ordinary Objects: Cell Phone Sculptures to Push Pin Portraits

    Regular readers will remember parts one and two of our ongoing series about amazing art from ordinary objects. Recently a number of readers have written in to submit their own works or works they have constructed ...

    15 Creatively Twisted Stuffed Animals: Intentional and Spontaneous Distortions of Childhood Toys

    What comes to mind when someone mentions stuffed animals? For most of us words like 'cute' and 'cuddly' or maybe 'kids' and 'toys' come to mind. For these photographers and product designers, however, words like 'twisted' and 'disturbing' or even 'demented' and 'deranged' are perhaps more fitting. Some have explored the innards of these seemingly innocuous childhood toys (more or less literally) while others have had Blair Witch Project experiences with strange, spontaneous and surreal roadside stuffed animal 'art' installations.