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Wortley, England

Wortley Hall

This once private residence is now a popular wedding venue and training center for trade union officers.
exploration

Podcast: Discovery Hut

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team August 24, 2022
An illustration (1930-1945, exact date unknown) of the original Palace of Depression and its creator, George Daynor.
abandoned

How Rebuilding New Jersey's Palace of Depression Became a Family Legacy

Built from recycled materials by an eccentric con artist in the 1930s, the curious creation was demolished—and then reborn.
Michelle Harris August 23, 2022
Gooderham Building
Toronto, Ontario

Gooderham Building

Known as "Toronto's Flatiron."
List

A Personal Tour of History and Mystery in New England

How one of our most dedicated contributors finds wonder right around the corner.
Jonathan Carey July 29, 2022
Cahuenga Building
Los Angeles, California

Cahuenga Building

This bank is widely believed to be the inspiration for the offices of Philip Marlowe, the hardboiled detective featured in a number of Raymond Chandler's stories.
Front of the Hoover Building
London, England

Hoover Building

A masterpiece of Art Deco architecture hidden in plain sight in West London.
New York, New York

Physical Graffiti Building

The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.
Warder-Totten House
Washington, D.C.

Warder-Totten House

The last remaining building in Washington, D.C., built by H.H. Richardson, one of America's most iconic architects.
Oakdale School
Purcellville, Virginia

The Oakdale School

The oldest existing one-room brick schoolhouse in Loudoun County.
Daylesford Convent
Daylesford, Australia

Daylesford Convent

This former convent has been reimagined as a community center for artists.
A CEA Demining team scours a wedge of land next to a rail line at the outskirts of Bologna, Italy.
military history

Tagging Along With Italy's Unexploded Bomb–Hunters

There's less and less for the country's demining companies to find. Sometimes they pine for the good old days.
Alessio Perrone June 17, 2022
Greenery covering the walls
Bronx, New York

Villa Charlotte Brontë

Built in the 1920s, this co-op in the Bronx feels more like an Italian villa than a typical New York apartment building.
New York, New York

Skyscraper Museum

An institution dedicated to the towering buildings that make up skylines in New York City and around the world.
Las Vegas Strip Benchmarks
Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas Strip Benchmarks

These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.
Bølgen (The Wave)
Vejle, Denmark

Bølgen (The Wave)

This unique architectural wonder is home to luxury apartments.
Cracks have begun to form in the walls of monasteries throughout Mustang, Nepal. Experts say the deterioration of the centuries-old structures has been accelerated by climate change.
architecture

The Rammed-Earth Architecture of Nepal Is Crumbling

Climate change is destroying centuries-old structures in remote Mustang. Can the buildings—and the culture—be saved?
Tulsi Rauniyar May 27, 2022
Elite Hall (July 21, 2016)
Hyrum, Utah

Elite Hall

Built in 1917, this building is home to the last working spring-loaded dance floor in Utah.