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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.
A miniature NYC skyline at the Skyscraper Museum
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.
Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site
Saint Andrews, Manitoba

Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site

One of Canada's oldest collections of stone fur trading buildings.
Outdoor theatre.
Toronto, Ontario

The Guild Inn Estate

The remains of a once-famous hotel that also acted as an artist colony.
Presidential Palace
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Presidential Palace

Built by Portuguese colonizers, the palace is now the seat of power for the independent nation.
The Keep
Whitby, England

Old Mulgrave Castle

This historic castle was already in ruins by the 13th century.
Bizarre hand sculpture that also serves as a chair.
Tokyo, Japan

Waseda El Dorado

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”
Goddess of Liberty
Austin, Texas

The Goddess of Liberty

After 97 years of constant vigilance from the dome of the Texas State Capitol, the original Goddess of Liberty retired to a life of climate-controlled leisure.