After 15 years, the Glass Float Project, created by Eben Horton, continues to draw people from around the world.

The Atlantic Inn Perched on a hilltop, the Atlantic Inn has some of the best views of the ocean on Block Island. The ...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — For the past thirteen years, glass orbs have been hidden around Block Island. They’re free for the taking, but you have to find one first. Eben Horton created ...

Block Island is so special to artist Eben Horton that it’s where he decided to host The Glass Float Project — a passion project that he describes as a part scavenger hunt, part interactive art ...

A glass orb that was found in the Enchanted Forest trail on Block Island. The orbs are hidden throughout the island for lucky searchers to find, part scavenger hunt, part art installation.

BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. -- In a forest here, Katie Hall and members of her extended family were dangling her mother's bra into a hollowed-out tree trunk with the laser focus of open-heart surgeons.

While orb hunting is a year-round activity, Horton starts each summer “season” by packing a box of 100 sturdy glass floats onto his sailboat and heading to Block Island, like some kind of ...

The Glass Float Project is also free and special to Block Island. Each float is numbered, dated, and often features unique designs, such as gold leaves or colored patterns, marking the first few ...

Eben Horton, the creator of the Glass Float Project, shows the process of making each individual float that will be hidden across Block Island.

There is something very special, and different, about this pork chop-shaped island set 12 miles off the coast of Rhode Island. There is something very special, and different, ...

BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. — In a forest here, Katie Hall and members of her extended family were dangling her mother’s bra into a hollowed-out tree trunk with the laser focus of open-heart surgeons.