Turning the corner on Broadway to cross 46th street, passersby would be forgiven for thinking they’ve entered a sci-fi fever dream. Who would ever imagine standing in bustling Midtown Manhattan and ...

This week’s WTF column answers two readers’ seemingly unrelated questions: First, what’s up with the mushroom-and-napping-gnome sculpture on Burlington’s Battery Street? Second, why is a rest area on ...

Atop a pizza, mushrooms might spark some controversy. But these fascinating fungi are undeniably evocative of at least a little whimsy—and worthy of some artistic celebration. That’s why curator ...

CHATFIELD, Minn. — The humidity level wasn't high enough inside the historic Jordan Town Hall in Chatfield on a recent Sunday to grow mushrooms in. Luckily, the group of about a dozen people who ...

London-- Christiaan Nagel scrambles up an aluminum ladder, carrying a big blue mushroom. In seconds, the 29-year-old sculptor is on the roof of a once-handsome, now neglected Victorian building in ...

The humble toadstool has long been a source of inspiration for artists around the world. Its fleshy, bulbous form has inspired everyone from Beatrix Potter to Cy Twombly – even we explored its ...