Architecture

This tower in a small Polish village uses the power of a sacred bell to ward off mischievous weather spirits.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.

A historic Georgian building and warm springs.

Remnants of a quarry company town still stand on the banks of the Wapsipinicon River.

Not quite the cultural gateway between China and Sweden its designer imagined.

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

A century-long search for a church that was never there.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

It's just another skyscraper, but it's shaped like '90s cell phone.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

This unusual structure may be on its way to becoming a cultural landmark in Toronto.

This stately 19th century library pushed architectural boundaries at a time when the public library movement was just taking off.