Architecture

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

A 16th-century Andalusian palace.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.

A rotating bridge that carries a little canal over a larger one.

The grand marquee of this abandoned Hawaiian theater remembers the building's elegant past.

New York's oldest concrete structure is being preserved thanks to the gentrification of Whole Foods.

This late-brutalist masterpiece everyone forgot about was originally created to get the proletariat jazzed about the arts.

Visit this church that's shaped like a giant glass pump either to cater to women or to reference a tragic local tale. Or both.

What was once a bustling mining installation is now a bustling hub of contemporary art.

This oddly shaped church resembles a rocket.