Squeeze Play: 9 Weird & Bizarre Stress Relief Balls
Life's stressful enough without our stress relief balls freaking us out yet the more we squeeze these creepy stress aids, the more anxious we get. Caomaru means "round face" in Japanese, ...
Author: Steve
An outstanding researcher and clever writer who has been with WebUrbanist for over ten years, Steve brings a twist of creative humor into the mix with articles covering abandoned shops and buildings, offbeat signage & branding, eyebrow-raising architecture and much, much more. Steve can also be found exploring green innovations at WebEcoist and examining jaw-dropping pet products and pet-related news at PetsLady.Toy Boxed: 10 Closed & Abandoned Toys R Us Stores
It took 60 years for Toys 'R' Us to rise to a Category Killer corporation... and fall victim to bankruptcy when economics told it to put the toys away. Toys 'R' Us can trace its roots back ...
Creature Comforts: 12 More Animal-Shaped Buildings
See the creature, be the creature... live in the creature? These animal-shaped buildings take the concept of surreal estate to a newer, wetter-nosed level. Whose necks? Youse necks! The ...
Going In Style: Cute Creative Public Restrooms Of Okinawa
We all want to be smiling when we go but if you're “going” at one of Okinawa, Japan's cute and creative public restrooms, grinning comes with the territory. Flickr member Okinawa ...
Oversized Down Under: Australia’s 10 Oddest Big Things
Unlike Australia's wildlife, the weird and wondrous 'Big Things' scattered across the Land Down Under aren't deadly... unless one falls on you. Some say the Big Things – which began ...
What A Dump: 15 Out Standing Porta-Potties
Most porta-potties hide in plain sight at construction projects, public events and music festivals but these outdoor loos stick out like sore bums, er thumbs. Porta-potties are big ...
Tread Setters: 15 Wheely Cool Spare Tire Covers
Circular spare tire covers mounted on SUVs and Jeeps double as convenient creative canvases for drivers eager to take their particular passions on the road. Spare tire covers are designed ...
Toynbee Too: Cryptic ‘House Of Hades’ Street Tiles
Cryptic 'House of Hades' linoleum tiles inspired by mysterious and anonymous Toynbee Tiles are cropping up on The Big Apple's paved streets. The so-called “Toynbee Tiles” are ...
Has Bins : 15 More Street Artistic Trash Dumpsters
Down in the dumps? These dozen decorated dumpsters are sure to turn your mood from crappy to happy thanks to their distinctively un-trashy artistic makeovers. Becoming the pick of the ...
All Fall Down: 2017’s Biggest Building Implosions
Our infrastructure may be falling apart but sometimes it falls faster AND according to plan thanks to building implosions – aka, controlled demolition. The Georgia Dome in ...
