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The Strange Scarecrow Village of Cape Breton Island

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September 3rd, 2011, Art, Featured, Travel, by Tom

Cape Breton Island, with its traditional Celtic music and winding Cabot Trail, is a popular tourist destination. But visitors flocking to this romantic island may happen across an altogether different type of roadside attraction – Joe’s Scarecrow Village.

Glass Beach: How Nature Reversed a Trashy Stretch of California Coast

September 2nd, 2011, Featured, Travel, by Tom

When a beautiful stretch of Pacific coast became a dumping ground over 50 years, nature eventually fought back and smoothed the discarded glass into pretty trinkets that helped “Glass Beach” become a modern tourist attraction.

Optimus Prime Transformed into Recycled Art Installation

September 2nd, 2011, Art, Featured, by Tom

In the wake of this summer’s Transformers 3 movie, a number of full scale Optimus Primes have appeared on the Beijing skyline – built from salvaged scrap metal with the look of recycled art installations.

Urban Furniture: Vintage Radiator Becomes Modern Chair

August 31st, 2011, Art, Featured, by Tom

Ornate vintage radiators are common in abandoned buildings, and offer captivating subjects for photographers intent on documenting the modern ruins of today. But it’s nice to see them adapted for reuse, like this incredible radiator chair from Hi Octane Design.

Massive Model of Shanghai Could be World’s Largest Miniature City

August 26th, 2011, Art, Featured, by Tom

In what could be the ultimate example of urban art, this incredible scale model of central Shanghai – set in 2020 – fills an entire room of over 100 square metres on the third floor of the Shanghai Urban Planning Museum.

See No Evil: The UK’s Largest Urban Street Art Project

August 24th, 2011, Art, Featured, by Tom

The See No Evil street art project, held from August 18th – 20th, has seen Nelson Street in Bristol transformed by some of the world’s largest urban art creations. Artists from across the world joined the event in Banksy’s home town.

Dome Home: Is this Florida’s Most Bizarre Abandoned Building?

August 22nd, 2011, Architecture, Featured, Urban Exploration, by Tom

The story behind the Dome Home at Cape Romano, Florida, is (almost) as strange as the abandoned building itself. A long term victim of decay, the house was originally built in 1981 and become a tourist attraction in its current state of abandonment.

Urbexation: A Search Engine Dedicated to Urban Explorers

August 21st, 2011, Featured, Urban Exploration, by Tom

Urbexation is a Web Ring search engine dedicated purely to the subversive art of urban exploration. Browse over 250 urbex sites and find a plethora of abandoned buildings and other beautiful abandoned places.

Vernacular Architecture on Scotland’s Remote Isle of Tiree

August 19th, 2011, Architecture, Featured, Travel, by Tom

The Isle of Tiree in the Scottish Inner Hebrides has remained remarkably true to its roots despite its proximity to mainland UK, with 48 per cent of its population speaking Gaelic and its own unique brand of vernacular architecture.

Rusty Monsters: Bizarre Recycled Art in Hanksville, Utah

August 17th, 2011, Art, Featured, by Tom

On a road trip from Utah’s Goblin Valley to Kanab, travel enthusiast Frank Kovalchek was surprised to discover these bizarre metal monsters – crafted from reclaimed scrap – guarding an abandoned motel.

The British Empire Exhibition’s Forgotten Palace of Industry, Wembley, London

August 14th, 2011, Architecture, Featured, by Tom

The grand yet neglected Palace of Industry is the only remaining structure built for the British Empire Exhibition of 1924 – 1925. Standing in the London suburb of Wembley, it is reportedly now used as a warehouse.

Historic Zion Sabbath School Now Motor Mechanic Workshop, Street View Revealed

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August 9th, 2011, Architecture, Featured, Urban Exploration, by Tom

I searched Google Street View after learning of an overgrown graveyard that once belonged to the Zion Congregational Church in Sheffield. It alluded me, but I did (re)discover the former Zion Sabbath School, now a motor mechanic’s shop.