Architecture

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

The last timber and iron Chinese temple in Australia.

This house renovated by Frank Lloyd Wright was the centerpiece of a lavish 20th-century estate.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

A fresco in this magnificent palace is said to have been the first depiction of the Taj Mahal's design.

Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.

The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

Frank Lloyd Wright built this suburban synagogue late in life, but it stands among his most iconic masterpieces.

This rare example of Vancouver's Victorian past was the home of one of the city's first bookbinders.

This odd-shaped relic from the 1964 New York World's Fair found its way back home to Wisconsin.

These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

A quiet patch of astroturf laid out between a building that seems to be splitting in half.

The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.