In 1975 Jose Fuster purchased a small bungalow in the fishing village of Jamainitas, Cuba and with the help of his neighbors, spent the next 50 years adorning homes, offices, streets and structures with whimsical mosaic designs. Fusterlandia is now one of the most unique locations in the world.
In 1986, Tyree Guyton returned to his childhood home on Heidelberg street in Detroit. Run down and neglected, he set out not just to restore, but to create something entirely new and different. With the help of his grandfather and a bunch of neighborhood kids, he slowly transformed his street into a place of creativity and wonder, continuing to offer programs and opportunities for local residents to work, create and play.
In 2010, Angela Haseltine Pozzi, along with a team of volunteers, collected 40,000 lbs. of plastic garbage along the shore of Brandon, Oregon. They turned it into 70…