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Dream On (15 Photos You’ll Remember)
Content warning: From a soaring leap in Philadelphia to a fence turned into a hammock in Istanbul, this collection captures moments of imagination, emotion, and escape. You'll see a girl on a swing painted in Belsito, a boy playing guitar across the steps of a Houston und
From a soaring leap in Philadelphia to a fence turned into a hammock in Istanbul, this collection captures moments of imagination, emotion, and escape. You’ll see a girl on a swing painted in Belsito, a boy playing guitar across the steps of a Houston underpass, and a child stitching cracks in the pavement with care. Scroll through 15 artworks where artists turned walls, streets, and even border fences into visual dreams.
More: 8 Buildings That Look Like They’re From a Dream
1. A Swing in the Summer Light — Antonino Perrotta in Belsito, Italy
A large mural of a girl seen from behind, swinging out from a window frame toward the mountains. Her white dress flows mid-air as she soars past rooftops and a classic streetlamp.
About this: “A swing in the summer light” by ATTORREP in Belsito, Italy
2. Border Hammock — Murat Gök in Istanbul, Turkey
What was once a barbed fence now serves as a hammock. A man lounges in the middle, supported by fence posts bent inward, as if the border yielded to rest.
3. Guitar Player — Alex Maksiov in Houston, Texas, USA
A teen boy plays a white electric guitar on a large staircase. His open guitar case below adds to the illusion, turning the steps into a stage.
About this: Guitar Player by Alex Maksiov in Houston, Texas, USA
4. I Have a Dream — Bane & Pest in Chur, Switzerland
A girl wearing a blue headscarf rides on the back of a giant sparrow emerging from the pages of an open book. Stacks of books line the bottom of the wall.
More by Fabian Bane: Stunning Street Art Transforming Walls Around the World
5. Leap — Tatyana Fazlalizadeh in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
A woman in motion floats mid-jump on a tall brick wall, casting a strong shadow. Her outstretched arms and tilted head suggest joy or freedom.
About this: Mural by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (6 photos)
6. Love — Alexander Milov at Burning Man, USA
Two large wireframe sculptures of adults sit back to back, while inner glowing children reach through to touch hands. Installed in the desert at night.
7. Girl Mending a Crack
In a black-and-white photo, a young girl uses Band-Aids to patch a crack in the pavement. Her concentration and placement mimic the act of healing.
8. When Street Art Meets Nature — El Decertor in Imbabura, Ecuador
A boy sleeps against a wall, half-covered by ivy that becomes his blanket. His teddy bear lies beside him as if the plants are tucking him in.
More: When Street Art Meets Nature (40 Photos)
9. Peacekeeper — Chris Butcher in Southampton, UK
A young woman dressed like a futuristic pilot cradles a glass terrarium filled with mushrooms, plants, and a glowing blue butterfly. She wears a green helmet sprouting a mushroom and a peace badge on her sleeve.
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10. Fire Within — Bacon in Glasgow, UK for Yardworks Festival 2025
A monumental portrait of a child glows with inner light, the face and body painted with molten textures that resemble fire beneath marble. A white flower near the ear radiates soft warmth, contrasting the powerful energy flowing through the hair.
11. Childhood Dreams — Andy J. Céspedes Fernández in Moyobamba, Peru
A girl rests her head gently on her arms surrounded by flowers, a sparrow, and a kite. On her right, a miniature version of herself flies the kite amid giant petals.
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12. DAYDREAMER — TABBY in Vienna, Austria
A stenciled mural of a girl in a red dress with heart patterns, sitting with her chin in her hands. She looks up thoughtfully, framed in black and white against a beige wall.
13. Lameroo Silo Art — Smug in Lameroo, Australia
On two towering silos, a girl holds a baby wrapped in white fabric. Behind them, a glowing orange-and-purple sunset fills the horizon with harvest fields below.
More by SMUG!: 24 Times SMUG Made Walls Look More Real Than Life
14. Dread Dream — WD (Wild Drawing) in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
A boy painted in rainbow tones sleeps curled against an old building wall, blending into the architecture. The word “DREAM” is painted faintly beside him.
More by WD!: 3D Street Art by WD (7 Murals)
15. Le Hérisson” by Wen2 in Coudekerque-Branche, France
A comic-inspired mural showing a corner building named Au Hérisson, glowing with warm light. In front, a red Citroën 2CV stands beside two figures, while the cobblestone street corner appears to float in mid-air, adding a surreal effect.
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Buildings That Look Like They’re From a Dream (8 Photos)
From a church in Iceland that looks like a spaceship preparing for launch, to a house zipped open on a street in Milan — this collection showcases architecture at its most imaginative. Included are cliffside wartime refuges, storybook cottages, optical illusions, and centuries-old constructions that defy gravity or blend perfectly into mountains. These aren’t digital renderings — they’re real places from around the world.
More: 8 Beautiful Artworks That Seem to Grow From Nature
1. Unzipped Building — Alex Chinneck in Milan, Italy
A building facade appears to peel open like a jacket, with an oversized zipper curling away the wall to reveal its inner structure. This public installation by Alex Chinneck uses stone, concrete, and illusion to challenge how we perceive architecture.
2. King Alfred’s Tower — England
This red-brick triangular tower rises dramatically from the fog in Somerset, England. Built in 1772, it commemorates Alfred the Great and reaches over 49 meters high with a narrow footprint that adds to its illusion of impossibility.
3. Alpine Refuge — Monte Cristallo, Italy
Located at 2,760 meters in the Dolomites, this hidden wooden shelter from World War I is embedded directly into the rockface. Built for survival, it now appears like a dreamlike relic barely distinguishable from the mountain.
4. Hallgrímskirkja Church — Reykjavík, Iceland
This iconic Lutheran church, inspired by basalt columns and volcanic formations, dominates the Reykjavík skyline. Designed in 1937 and completed in 1986, its symmetry and scale evoke science fiction architecture.
5. The House That Sank — The Crooked House, UK
Built in 1765 on top of a mine shaft, this British pub developed a pronounced tilt as the ground beneath it slowly gave way. Despite its slanting angles, it remained a local favorite for centuries.
6. Organic Slate Roof House — Germany
This home with flowing lines and a wave-shaped slate roof blurs the line between fairy tale and high-end eco-architecture. Natural stone and soft curves give it a whimsical yet grounded appearance.
7. Cliff House — France (Built 1347)
Balanced between eras and gravity, this timber-framed upper house sits atop massive medieval stonework. Located in France and completed in 1347, it seems to hover above the road with support beams stretching underneath.
8. Rock-Built Homes — Sanaa, Yemen
Traditional Yemeni tower houses in Sanaa rise directly from the rock, combining ancient stone masonry with ornate white geometric window frames. The buildings appear both sculpted by nature and intricately human-made.These buildings bend our expectations of what architecture can be — not just structures, but expressions of ingenuity, adaptation, and creativity. Whether carved into mountains or dressed like zippers, they show that the line between surreal and real is thinner than it seems.
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Unreal Moments (9 Photos)
Content warning: 9 Unexpected illusions. Playful distortions. Familiar scenes reimagined. In this collection, artists from across the globe bend reality with paint, sculpture, and wit—placing a giraffe in a city block, turning bollards into Pac-Man, and handing Darth Vade
9 Unexpected illusions. Playful distortions. Familiar scenes reimagined. In this collection, artists from across the globe bend reality with paint, sculpture, and wit—placing a giraffe in a city block, turning bollards into Pac-Man, and handing Darth Vader a fishing pole. Scroll through eight moments that feel too unreal to be true, yet are all hiding in plain sight.
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1. Giraffe Eating the Plants — Jan Is De Man in Utrecht, Netherlands
A hyperrealistic giraffe emerges from the side of a residential building to nibble on balcony plants. Painted with seamless depth, the mural merges nature with the urban landscape in a scene that feels entirely possible—until you blink. More!:8 Happy 3D Artworks by Jan Is De Man
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2. Darth Fisher — Frankey in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Under a quiet bridge in Amsterdam, Darth Vader sits patiently fishing—with a glowing red lightsaber. This unexpected sculpture by Frankey turns the Star Wars villain into a calm waterside figure, lit eerily by the blade’s red reflection. More!: 6 pics – Darth Fisher (by Frankey in Amsterdam)
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3. Surf and Sand Club — John Pugh in Hermosa Beach, California, USA
This large-scale mural splits open the side of a building to reveal a retro beach scene. The faux 3D illusion draws you into the architecture itself, transforming the wall into a cliffside resort. More photos!: ‘Here Yesterday’ – Amazing 3D Mural in Hermosa Beach, California!
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4. 3D Painted Turtle — Hebsart in Akumal, Mexico
Using both wall and floor space, this colorful sea turtle appears to float mid-air. The body is painted in striking blues, greens, and reds, enhanced by a realistic shadow that anchors the illusion. More!: 6 Walls Where Hebs Art Left Something You Can Still Feel
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5. A Photo Opportunity — WOSKerski in London, UK
A surreal mural of giant yellow pencils scattered in a greyscale mountain landscape. Tourists pose for pictures among the pencils, blending fantasy and street culture in this illusion created for SprayExhibition20. More!: 9 Times WOSKerski Made UK Walls Feel Like Glitches in Reality
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6. Tea Time Illusion — Yip Yew Chong in Singapore
A mural that spills out of itself—literally. Painted cups catch flowing tea from a teapot, while birds and laundry float between windows. The placement of shadows and spillage turns a flat wall into a dimensional scene. See it all!: Beautiful Street Art in Chinatown, Singapore (15 pics +video)
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7. Matryoshka Truck
A cement truck painted like a Russian nesting doll rolls down a street, turning industrial machinery into playful visual art. The result: a moving sculpture that breaks expectations in traffic.
8. Hungry Bollards — Vanyu Krastev in Bulgaria
Concrete sidewalk spheres in Bulgaria transformed into hungry Pac-Man characters with just a pair of googly eyes. Artist Vanyu Krastev is known for bringing humor to urban decay by giving broken infrastructure a personality. More!: Googly-Eyed Art (17 Photos)
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9. Flow of Life — Ty Mural Guy in Trail, BC, Canada
A 3D-style mural depicting interconnected hands catching and passing flowing water, symbolizing generosity and shared care. The composition bends perspective with cascading movement and geometric shapes that extend the illusion of space.
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More: 30 Sculptures You (probably) Didn’t Know Existed
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11 Beautiful Artworks That Seem to Grow From Nature
Some artworks don’t just sit in nature—they become part of it. Around the world, artists are crafting sculptures and murals that seamlessly merge with their surroundings, using trees, vines, and landscapes as living elements of their work. These 11 pieces don’t fight against nature; they grow with it.
From giant figures emerging from forests to street art that transforms urban greenery into playful illusions, these eight stunning creations prove that art and nature can exist in perfect harmony.More: 8 Inspiring Sculptures Seamlessly Integrated with Nature
1. “Sleeping Child” by El Decertor (Imbabura, Ecuador)
A mural by El Decertor in Imbabura, Ecuador, depicting a young child sleeping against a concrete wall, with creeping ivy blending into the painting as a natural blanket.
2. “UMI” by Daniel Popper (Illinois, USA)
“UMI” by Daniel Popper at the outdoor tree museum The Morton Arboretum in Illinois, USA—an intricate wooden sculpture of a woman with tree roots weaving through her body, set in a green landscape.About and more photos: “UMI” Sculpture by Daniel Popper in Lisle, Illinois
3. Street Art by David Zinn (Ann Arbor, USA)
A street art piece by David Zinn in Ann Arbor, USA, featuring a small green character with a real grass mustache blending into the pavement.More!: Street Art by Happiness Maker David Zinn (21 Photos)
4. Flower Street Art by Fabio Gomes Trindade (Goiás, Brazil)
A mural by Fabio Gomes Trindade in Goiás, Brazil, featuring a girl’s face with a real tree forming her vibrant pink afro hairstyle.More by Fabio Gomes: How Fábio Gomes Turns Trees into Hair: Stunning Murals in Trindade
5. Sidewalk Flower Experiment
A beautiful example of accidental nature-inspired art—kindergarten children dropped seeds into sidewalk cracks, leading to a spontaneous floral pathway.More photos and about: Kindergarten children dropped seeds in the crack of the sidewalk to see what would happen
6. “Nature Rings” by Spencer Byles (Deep Forest, France)
A series of woven circular sculptures by Spencer Byles made from natural branches, blending seamlessly with the surrounding forest.
7. Willow Archer by Anna & The Willow (UK)
A woven willow sculpture of a female archer by Anna & The Willow, set against a wooded path.
8. Wire Mermaid by Martin Debenham (UK)
A wire sculpture by Martin Debenham of a mermaid sitting on a rock, with the intricate metalwork mimicking flowing water.
9. Snake in the Green — Hyères, France
A plain gray cinderblock wall in a hidden grove was completely transformed into a lifelike snake by street artist Rest4. The viper, rendered in vibrant greens, blues, and yellows, emerges from the shadows of the forest floor. The before-and-after framing reveals the power of imagination to awaken forgotten spaces.
10. Fluentem Colos — Little Milford, Wales
Land artist Jon Foreman created this delicate, wave-like gradient in a woodland clearing using carefully arranged leaves. Starting in green and fading to deep orange, the sculpture blends with the forest floor in color, shape, and motion—appearing to ripple like wind through grass. More by Jon Foreman: 9 Leaf Sculptures That Stir the Soul in the Forest (Art by Jon Foreman)
11. Florinda Camila — “WA” Marko Franco Domenak in Lima, Peru
This creative mural cleverly incorporates a real bougainvillea bush as the hair of a painted woman. A monarch butterfly completes the peaceful scene, adding movement to this blend of paint and nature.🔗 Follow WA on Instagram
More: When Street Art Meets Nature (40 Photos)
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