Architecture

A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

By standing on a particular paving stone in the courtyard, you'll hear an echo that shouldn't be.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

1% of Greenland's entire population used to live in this single building, which is now slated for demolition.

A treehouse assailed by the elements and the government, now gone.

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.

This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.

An architectural oddity of six stories, accessed by graceful ramps.

This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

This aging storage facility is the world's largest brick warehouse.