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Original stairs in the ruins, July 2016

Boston, Massachusetts

Franklin Park's Overlook Shelter Ruins

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

Tallmadge Church

Northeast Ohio is Built Like New England Because It Used to Be Owned by Connecticut

From architecture to namesakes.

Johnna Kaplan August 17, 2016

Gol Gumbaz

Vijayapura, India

Gol Gumbaz

This 17th-century mausoleum is topped with an acoustic marvel.

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Cube Houses

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

The slice of polenta, head-on

Fetta di Polenta

When this funny little building went up in the 19th century, most people thought it would simply fall over.

Vigili del Fuoco

A study of Fascist era Art Deco design in Italy.

Kruševo Makedonium

Krusevo, North Macedonia

The Kruševo Makedonium

Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.

Joseph Heintz, "Competition on the Ponte dei Pugni in Venice" (1673)

Ponte dei Pugni (Bridge of Fists)

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

Workers construct the truncated bike path.

This Bridge Has a Cool, New Feature: A Bike Path to Nowhere

You're welcome, cyclists.

Cara Giaimo August 9, 2016

Dushanbe Flagpole

Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Dushanbe Flagpole

The world's second-tallest flagpole stands proud despite dropping rank.

Inter diehard Penny Razzolini (left) and Grêmio diehard Adriano Maffei meet beneath the highway overpass that's become yet another point of contention between the teams' fans.

The Brazilian Soccer Rivalry That Spilled Over Into Architecture

In Porto Alegre, Brazil, the fierce rivalry between the city’s two big soccer teams extends even to public works.

Andrew Jenner August 8, 2016

Alameda spite house at Broadway & Crist St.

Alameda, California

Alameda Spite House

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

Opa-locka City Hall.

Opa-locka, Florida

Opa-Locka City Hall

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

Inside the Olympic stadium

America's First Medal at the Nazi Olympics Was For...Town Planning

Urban planning was once considered an Olympic sport, and Brooklyn's Marine Park won a medal.

Atlas Obscura August 5, 2016

A view of City Hall from below. (Photo:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia City Hall

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Toronto, Ontario

Toronto's Half House

Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.

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Knoxville, Tennessee

The Sunsphere

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

The building on the corner of 106th Street and Central Park West. (Photo:

New York, New York

New York Cancer Hospital

This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.