Architecture

Eritrea's futuristic gas station is a nod to Italy's fascist history.

Built entirely of interlocking pieces, construction of this Chinese Muslim house of worship required zero nails.

There are many Byzantine-era churches still standing in Athens, but this is the only one with a 2,500-year-old column rising through its roof.

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

A surprising and unconventional mosque hidden in the subsoil of Istanbul.

The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.

The lavish, well-preserved home of a wealthy Baba Nyonya family is now a cultural museum.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

The roof of this ancient mausoleum is made from a single Istrian stone weighing a massive 230 tons.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

This antique farmhouse is one of Læsø's rare seaweed houses.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

One of two Irish-style round towers in Scotland, this structure has mysterious origins.