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Undead Baby Dolls, Toddlerpedes & More Creepy Creations

Not all dolls are for children - as evidenced by the incredibly bizarre and amazing art dolls, puppets and sculpture of these 15 artists.

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5 Modern Housing Concepts for the ‘New’ New Orleans

Brad Pitt's Make it Right Foundation is in the process of building modern, green, storm-resistant homes in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward.

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All Aboard! Clever Recycled Train Car Homes, Offices & Hotels

Abandoned train cars litter the urban and country landscape. These recycled structures use the historic cars to make entirely new homes, offices and hotels.

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Crafty Consumerism: 15 Forms of Barcode Art

From tattoos and home decor to portraits of Jesus, the barcode has been elevated to art in many different forms, whether infused with meaning or not.

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Fractured Reality: Bizarre 3-D Photo Sculptures

Artist Gwon Osang forms hundreds of photographs around mannequins to create bizarre three-dimensional photo sculptures.

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Auto-Photoshop: Faux Photos That Will Blow Your Mind

An amazing new online tool called PhotoSketch automatically transforms a stick-figure sketch into a Photoshopped image montage in minutes.

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Recycled Architecture: 15 Creatively Converted Homes

Billboards, fire towers, pig barns and factories are converted into stunning modern homes that preserve the history of the original structures.

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Light as Art: 15 Creative Lamp and Lighting Designs

Lamps are usually used to illuminate other, more interesting objects - but these 15 designs deserve their own spotlight.

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Upcycled Dumpsters: Urban Guerrilla Eco-Art

How many different ways can you upcycle an old dumpster? The Skip Conversions project turns them into swimming pools, skate ramps and more.

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Don't Look Down: 10 Peculiarly Precarious Modern Buildings

Thanks to modern building materials and behind-the-scenes architectural wizardry, the new field of precarious-looking urban architecture is on the rise - as these ten vertigo-inducing examples illustrate.

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Detail Designers: 12 Unique Masters of Web Design

These 12 masters of web design, both super stars and unknowns, know just how to balance looks and usability for visually stunning results.

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Arkansas Innovation: Stunning Southern Architecture

Marlon Blackwell, an award-winning architect in Arkansas, designs homes that mesh with their environments to create a unique urban or suburban experience.

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Prefabulous: 10 Fantastic Prefabricated Houses & Homes

From a location-independent home that looks like a spider to a cargo container that unfolds into a residence, these prefabs are ultra-portable and modern.

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12 More Bizarre Theme Restaurants

Pet a rented cat while sipping tea, beat up your server, pay to be insulted or drink from IV bags at weird theme restaurants around the world.

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15 of the Biggest & Most Bizarre Parties in the World

Every year, millions of people convene in cities around the world to celebrate everything from turkey testicles to Spam.

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