Amid a beige desert landscape 10 miles south of town, seven candy-colored boulder towers rise 30 feet into the air. The premise is so ridiculously absurd that the result is pure joy. Is it a metaphor for Las Vegas, or simply a fabulous sculpture by Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone? We say both. Sevenmagicmountains.com.

Runner-up: “Bliss Dance” by Marco Cochrane