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Bridge to Nowhere.

Dunbar, Scotland

Belhaven Bridge

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

Gulliver Airship.

Prague, Czechia

Gulliver Airship

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

The supposedly upside-down windows on the first floor.

Savannah, Georgia

Sears Mishap House Myth

Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.

Scala Cinema.

Ilkeston, England

Scala Cinema

This 1913 single-screen cinema is a charming survivor in the age of the multiplex.

Restormel Castle viewed from above.

Lostwithiel, England

Restormel Castle

The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.

Visitors stand on a 130-foot-high spiral tower.

Treetop Tower of Rügen

A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

The walls of this giardino pantesco (Pantelleria garden) protect one immense citrus tree.

The Ancient Walled Gardens Designed to Nurture a Single Citrus Tree

Giardini Panteschi are found only on the windswept island of Pantelleria.

Kristan Lawson April 18, 2018

The restroom at night.

Gildeskål, Norway

Uredd Rest Area (Ureddplassen)

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

Taliesin West, in Scottsdale, Arizona, was architect Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and school in the desert from 1937 until his death in 1959.

The Desert Architecture School Where Students Build Their Own Sleeping Quarters

At Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West in Arizona, dorms are DIY.

Kelly Catalfamo April 16, 2018

Architectural details.

Buffalo, New York

Guaranty Building

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."

Seattle, Washington

Montlake Spite House

This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.

Buildings and sky reflected in the cistern.

Hababah Water Cistern

A mesmerizing reservoir nestled at the heart of a pre-Islamic Yemeni village.

The Winter Garden Theatre.

Toronto, Ontario

Winter Garden Theatre

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

One of these columns hides a cross.

Córdoba, Spain

Cross of the Captive

A curious carving hides on a marble column in the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba.

Broken Glass Villa.

Passau, Germany

Broken Glass Villa

Shimmering sea-colored mosaics and Jesus statues cover this opulent building.

Istanbul, Turkey

Ottoman Bird Palaces

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

Ujala Baoli

This magical and eccentric stepwell is a hidden treasure within the ancient fort city of Mandu.

Amazon Spheres from Doppler.

Seattle, Washington

Amazon Spheres

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.