Most Beautiful Items: April 11 – 18, 2014

Most Beautiful Items: April 11 - 18, 2014

Tiny homes, classic cars, and mesmerizing cityscapes—those, among other wonders, are the treasures we’re working with in this round of the most beautiful items of the week. Check out what we discovered for you below:

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The Story Behind That Giant Astronaut Floating Around Coachella

The Story Behind That Giant Astronaut Floating Around Coachella

Last year, Coachella’s main event art installation was a giant snail. But this year, the mobile art installation at the popular music festival is a three-story-tall astronaut, formally known as "Escape Velocity." And it’s totally awesome.

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Most Beautiful Items: March 21 – 28, 2014

Most Beautiful Items: March 21 - 28, 2014

From churches-turned-libraries, to new uses for old CDs, we have plenty of lovely and awe-inspiring things for you to peep this time around. Check them out in this edition of the most beautiful items of the week.

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Most Beautiful Items: March 14 – 21, 2014

Most Beautiful Items: March 14 - 21, 2014

Guys, you guys! It’s finally spring! Or at least it is, technically speaking. You might still be sitting under a massive crap clump of snow, but there’s plenty to ease your mind. A walking city that looks like it came out of the movie Up? Sure. Massive mist cannons in the bowels of NYC keeping the air clean? That works too. Come check ’em out below:

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Most Beautiful Items: February 21 – 28, 2014

Most Beautiful Items: February 21 - 28, 2014

Perhaps you came here looking for the story of the guy who lived off pizza for an entire year. Or maybe you were more interested in the harrowing tale of the teen who banged a Hot Pocket. If so, you’re in the wrong place. You will, however, find some beautiful wonders from the worlds of art, design, and more within. Just no weird pizza sex.

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Most Beautiful Items: February 14 – 21, 2014

Most Beautiful Items: February 14 - 21, 2014

If I have to look at one more half-melted slushy snowdrift, I’m going to junkpunch the nearest passerby. Luckily, there are things like amazing honeycomb sculptures and insane light installations to bring everyone off the ledge that winter has put them on. Enjoy a little reprieve in the form of the most beautiful items we posted this week.

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Most Beautiful Items: January 24 – 31, 2014

Most Beautiful Items: January 24 - 31, 2014

The Statue of Liberty’s arm, building laws that were meant to be broken, and oh hey is there a Super Bowl tie-in in here somewhere? Imagine that. But that’s not all we have to feed your eyeballs this week. Check out the most beautiful items of the week or remain in suspense forever.

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Most Beautiful Items: January 17 – 24, 2014

Most Beautiful Items: January 17 - 24, 2014

All you see from your window might be ice, but from this screen you’re eyes will catch nothing but beautiful things. From the worlds of art, architecture, and design, here are the most lovely things we found this week. Don’t you dare go outside; it’s way too dangerous.

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Oculus Rift Lets You See What It Would Be Like To Swap Genders (NSFW)

Oculus Rift is amazing in that it lets you experience other worlds beautifully and immersively. And, in this project by BeAnotherLabs, it’s letting users experience a few minutes as the opposite gender. (Warning: some nudity ahead).

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Street Artist Takes Over Derelict Gas Station with Brilliant Results

Street Artist Takes Over Derelict Gas Station with Brilliant Results

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to live in cartoon, consider visiting Limerick, Ireland—where a street artist recently turned a broken down gas station into a full-fledged color party.

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