Architecture

A raised Japanese building has preserved 8th-century artifacts for more than a millennium, earning this log cabin a reputation as the "world's oldest museum."

This spaceship-like structure was once a popular roadside restaurant.

The last vestiges of a magnificent Victorian-era train station can be found in this pub.

Roma, who struck it rich in the 1980s, built extravagant mansions in this small Romanian town.

A once-shattered school now preserves a visible fault line, showcasing Taiwan's traumatic 1999 earthquake.

A cluster of cylindrical apartment buildings nod to the city’s vegital past.

A medieval shrine set into a towering canyon wall.

A grand Buddhist temple with Indian influences.

Dominating the skyline of Kaliningrad, the iconic House of Soviets has always been abandoned.

These ornate, fish-shaped water spouts guard Savannah’s historic facades.

An iconic fountain dedicated to the Roman goddess Flora stands in the heart of Mumbai.

This striking, historic hotel has major Wes Anderson movie energy.

A never-finished memorial to the heroes of the Napoleonic War has become "Scotland's Folly."

Student protesters used these bells as symbols of defiance in the early 1970s.

A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.

Inspired by the Rialto Bridge in Venice, these three clustered bridges were just one part of a Slovenian architect’s grand vision.