19-Year-Old Girl Is Addicted to Eating Soap
Tempestt Henderson, a 19-year-old girl from Florida, has a rather peculiar addiction – she can’t help eating soap bars and washing powder. There are worst things to be addicted to, but this has to be one of the strangest. The young girl remembers she loved the smell of washing powder on her mother’s cardigan and […]
The Upcycled Robotic Wonders of Ann P. Smith
Ann P. Smith is a famous American artist who uses broken electronics and machine parts to create unique robotic sculptures. A resident of Providence, Rhode Island, Ann P. Smith graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design, where she first got the inspiration for her unique art. She had received an assignment to create a […]
World Guy Rolls Giant Globe across America to Raise Awareness about Diabetes
“People don’t ask me if I’m crazy – they tell me I’m crazy” says Erik Bendl, also known as “World Guy“, a man who has spent most of the last few years trekking across the US rolling a giant globe. Walking around 2,200 miles across 23 states is quite a challenge for any 48-year-old, but […]
City Hires Chicken Chasers to Round Up Feral Fowls
When people are to scared to walk their pets around the city streets because of feral chickens, you know you have a serious problem on your hands. Welcome to Lakeland, Polk County, a city terrorized by chicken. Now we’re not talking about a small group of rogue chickens causing mayhem around the city, authorities say […]
Desiree Palmen – The Real Life Invisible Woman
You’ve probably already seen photos of Liu Bolin – the real life invisible man, now it’s time you met Desiree Palmen, the invisible woman. Just like the famous Chinese artist we’ve featured before, Desiree Palmen is a master of the camouflage who manages to perfectly blend into the background. She first takes photos of the […]
It’s Simply Amazing What a Man Can Do with a Single Toothpick
San Francisco-based artist Steven J. Backman uses simple toothpicks to create the most incredible artworks. Steven’s fascination for toothpick art can be traced back to his elementary school days, when he used toothpicks and beans to create a project of DNA molecules. Unfortunately, after accidentally getting a toothpick stuck in his palm, he had to […]
Carpenter Builds the Most Amazing Birdhouses You’ve Ever Seen
John Looser, a skillful carpenter from Toronto, Canada, builds regular wood mansions for birds. The 46-year-old carpenter used to work on human houses, but he had to retire after 20 years, due to to a serious car accident that left him with a terrible condition – fibromyalgia. The pain associated with it has no boundaries […]
The Decaying House Models of Daniele Del Nero
Italian artist Daniele Del Nero uses scale paper models of houses and mold to create a series of grotesque yet fascinating buildings that look like they’ve been abandoned for centuries. In reality, it only takes Del Nero a few weeks to achieve this repulsive yet intriguing effect. With a background in building engineering and architecture, […]
Feline Lover Collects over 2,000 Ceramic Cats
60-year-old Pamela Cole has spent most of her life putting together an impressive collection of over 2,000 ceramic cats, and doesn’t plan to stop anytime soon. When Ms. Cole says she’s crazy about cats, you best believe she means it – her house in Hollywood, Birmingham is practically full of ceramic cats, from a common […]
The Cat Museum of Kuching
Located in the strange UFO-like DBKU building, in Kuching, the Cat Museum is the perfect tourist attraction for cat lovers interested in anything and everything feline. The Malaysian city of Kuching translates as The Cat City, so it makes perfect sense it have its very own cat museum, especially since many Malaysians believe cats bring […]
Artist Turns Insects into Fashionable Pieces of Jewelry
The “Living Jewels” created by Etsy artist aquakej are made from real colorful insects collected from all around the world. Insect art is definitely not for everyone, but if the mere thought of bugs doesn’t make your skin crawl, you might actually consider wearing one of these unusual accessories. The Insects come from various insect […]
Unique Matchstick Furniture Made in the USSR
Many people don’t realize it when they first walk into Roman Yerokhin‘s apartment, but many of his beautiful pieces of furniture are decorated with some of the most unusual materials – burnt matchsticks and broken tiles. But as soon as they sit at the large monolithic table in his kitchen and notice its decorative patterns […]
The Sanctuary of Truth – Pattaya’s Wooden Wonder
Rising105 meters into the sky, the Sanctuary of Truth is a one-of-a-kind gigantic structure that pays homage to the ‘Ancient Vision of Earth’, ‘Ancient Knowledge’ and ‘Eastern Philosophy’. It looks like a Thai temple or a palace, but it’s actually neither of them, so many people just look at it at as a monument to […]
World’s Most Expensive Bed Costs $6.3 Million
Stuart Hughes, one of the world’s most controversial designers, has set out to create the “Baldacchino Supreme“, a handmade bed priced at a whopping $6.3 million. Everything Stuart Hughes creates has to be over the top, or chocking, and his latest work is no different. The Baldacchino Supreme has a structure made from the finest […]
The Dried Citrus Sculptures of Daniel Watson
They say idle hands are the devil’s workshop, so inmate Daniel Watson tries to keep busy by creating these beautiful sculptures out of dried citrus. I stumbled across Daniel Watson’s unique creations while reading Accidental Mysteries (the coolest outsider art blog I know) and they immediately caught my eye. They may look like ancient artifacts, […]