Architecture in the United States

This robust fence in front of a historic Georgetown home is likely made from hundreds of recycled Revolutionary War firearms.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

This church built atop a gas station promises to "equip you for the next stage in your life’s journey."

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.

New York City's first Modernist house.

The only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structure in the architect's hometown.