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Old Benzie County Courthouse.

Beulah, Michigan

Old Benzie County Courthouse

This former county courthouse was originally an opulent hotel and entertainment venue.

A section of the Great Wall, in Yanqing County, contains mortar made with blood.

Ancient Chinese Buildings Are Held Together With Rice, Sugar, and Blood

Edible additives in mortar served both practical and philosophical purposes.

Claire Voon May 6, 2019

Haarlem's Big Church.

Haarlem, Netherlands

Grote Kerk

This towering church is home to a world-famous organ and a treasure trove of medieval art.

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A Home for the Future, Imagined in the Past

Areguá, Paraguay

Castillo Carlota Palmerola

An unlikely neo-Gothic castle in the Paraguayan countryside.

Blenheim Gardens Estate.

London, England

Blenheim Gardens Estate

A wonderfully preserved example of London's 1960s-style high-density, low-rise public housing.

Naantali, Finland

The Moomin House

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

Ye Flying Horse

Nottingham, England

The Flying Horse

A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.

London, England

Urine Deflectors of Fleet Street

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

Lifesize model of Allosaurus with the museum in the backdrop.

Jurassic Museum of Asturias

A wonderful collection of fossilized dinosaurs and other creatures that roamed the landscape millions of years ago.

The interior.

Świdnica, Poland

Świdnica Peace Church

This centuries-old wooden wonder was built in less than a year and is one of Europe's largest timber-framed churches.

Hailuoto, Finland

Hailuoto Church

This modernist island church incorporates the Finnish nature into its worship practices.

Maishima Incineration Plant

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

An illustration of the famous Pie-Girl Dinner from <em>The New York World</em>.

The Girl Who Jumped Out of a Pie and Into a Gilded Age Morality Tale

Susie Johnson sparked America's obsession with erotic cake dancing.

Reina Gattuso April 25, 2019

London, England

Epstein's Medical Sculptures

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

Embedded human bones in the wall.

Cáceres, Spain

Don Alvaro Alley

Fragments of human bones are embedded in the walls of this quaint alley.

The Lincoln Imp.

Lincoln, England

The Lincoln Imp

Legend says this demonic carving inside a medieval cathedral was one of Satan's minions.

Bar Vitelli

A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."