Architecture

This architectural beauty is the home to a personal collection of more than 600 examples of mechanical musical instruments.

This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.

The largest brick bridge in the world.

The fight to make Bengali an official language started in this stunning university hall.

There's a crumbling old mansion inside the Smithsonian National Zoo.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

‘Bush the old fire dog died of poison July 5th, 1869. RIP.’

A medieval gate once used as a prison and how home to a city museum.

This robust fence in front of a historic Georgetown home is likely made from hundreds of recycled Revolutionary War firearms.

The world's first and only three-segment bascule bridge folds up into the shape of a capital "N" to let boat traffic through.

Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.

The toilet-shaped house of South Korea's sanitation pioneer is now a museum to the john.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

This unique building in the main square stands out among the city's typically Baroque architecture.

This eccentric folly house was designed by Romanian thinker Bogdan-Petriceicu Hasdeu, with a helping hand from his deceased daughter's spirit.

Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.