The brainchild of Berlin-based artistic team Elmgreen and Dragset, Prada Marfa was meant to be a “pop architectural land art project.” Built of a biodegradable adobe-like substance, the building is meant to slowly melt back into the Earth, serving as a surrealist commentary on Western materialism. Prada Marfa is located  northwest of Valentine, Texas, just off U.S. Route 90, and about 60 km northwest of the city of Marfa. Costing a sum total of $80,000 – or, put another way, about 40 Prada handbags

Due to vandalism the handbags have no bottoms and all of the shoes are right-footed. While the vandalism might be the most exciting thing that’s ever happened to Prada Marfa, the site still gets thousands of visitors a year, despite Route 90’s low traffic flow Most people buy the artists’ story, but a few vocal dissenters have flooded the internet with conspiracy theories. Some even argue that Prada Marfa is a trap set by aliens meant to attract potential abductees. Visitors beware.

In March of 2014, the Prada in Marfa was vandalized with blue paint and graffiti. Image was taken with the TL 120.