Experience architect Le Corbusier's modernist design for living in the home he designed for himself.

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

Designed by the architect who also had a hand in crafting the Westminster Abbey and Bristol Cathedral.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

The telescope that discovered Neptune.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

Meet 'Big Josh,' the 20-foot-tall muffler man.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

This charming stone church on the shore of Lake Tekapo is an icon in astrophotography.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.