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Central Market Building.

Alicante, Spain

Central Market Building

This magnificent market stands as a poignant symbol of the suffering caused by the Spanish Civil War.

Castillo Mundo King.

Sosúa, Dominican Republic

Castillo Mundo King

An eccentric German artist built this weird and wondrous castle packed with shocking sculptures and alien art.

Firminy, France

Saint-Pierre of Firminy

This church looks more like a spaceship than a house of worship.

Milford Irish Round Tower.

Milford, Massachusetts

Milford Irish Round Tower

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.

Diplodocus skeleton.

Seegräben, Switzerland

Sauriermuseum Aathal

Europe's largest dinosaur museum was founded by a passionate autodidact.

Al-Attarine Madrasa

The courtyard of this small Marinid madrasa is a dazzling example of intricate Islamic architecture.

Basilica of Santa Sabina.

Basilica of Santa Sabina

The best preserved Paleochristian basilica in Rome hides a number of oddities and secrets.

The Barra Airport is one of the only airports in the world where planes use the beach as a runway.

9 Airports More Interesting Than the One You're Stuck In

These unusual runways put the wonder back in flying.

Kerry Wolfe November 21, 2018

Lauriston Castle, Edinburgh. South façade.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Lauriston Castle

This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.

The Grand Courtyard of Bahia Palace.

Marrakesh, Morocco

Bahia Palace

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

Santa Caterina del Sasso

Leggiuno, Italy

Santa Caterina del Sasso

This monastery built into a cliff hides a perfectly preserved hermit in a glass coffin.

Ben Youssef Madrasa.

Marrakesh, Morocco

Ben Youssef Madrasa

The largest madrasa in Morocco once housed more than 900 students within its exquisite walls.

La Maison d'Adam (Adam's House)

A medieval house adorned with enigmatic carvings, including one of a man displaying his masculine attributes.

Iglesia de Guayacan.

Coquimbo, Chile

Church of Guayacán

A charmingly unusual prefabricated metal church designed by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel.

West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium.

Brooklyn, New York

West 8th Street - NY Aquarium Subway Station

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

<em>Cherry Street Cocoon</em>, Hong Kong, 2009

A Visual Appreciation of Hong Kong's Bamboo Scaffolding

Photographer Peter Steinhauer has captured striking images of cocooned skyscrapers.

Claire Selvin November 16, 2018

Gdańsk, Poland

Wisłoujście Fortress

This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.

Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia at night.

Palestrina, Italy

Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia

The city of Palestrina was built around this magnificent terraced sanctuary dedicated to the pagan goddess Fortuna.