At first: vertigo. You are moving along the sidewalk, when suddenly you see the front of a structure, only on its side, extruded from the ground below you.

Pay phones used to be ubiquitous - in many places they remain a physical presence, but without a use ... at least until these artists and designers came along.

Annemarie Busschers is an artist from the Netherlands who creates portraits that beautifully captures the raw emotion of her subjects, often photorealistically.

Ever get done reading a chapter and feel like the book is more real than the room around you? Now, what if that imagining came true?

The Swiss are known for leading an orderly existence - imagine frustration at grandiose works of German art and the excesses of their French neighbors.

Animal House reboot anyone? This unlucky group of 13 zoomorphic buildings make being sent to the doghouse (cathouse, etc.) a decidedly different experience.

Most oil storage tank farms are big, bland and boring, classic examples of form following function with the occasional company logo affixed to break up the visual monotony. Most but not all: there are a few artistically painted and decorated oil storage tanks that stand out from the rest due to their pleasing paint jobs rendered on a very large scale. Here are a dozen of the best.

Like some kind of strange spatial magician, Kyung Woo Han turns conventional furniture, fixtures, doors and windows into otherworldly scenes in crazy new contexts.

The topography of everyday objects is scanned with a laser and translated into audible frequencies with 'An Instrument for the Sonification of Everyday Things.'

These rainbow-colored meals may be pretty to look at, but would you ever eat one? This photography series puts a whole new spin on the way we look at food.