4256 Items Tagged

Architecture

The gigantic Murphy Windmill

San Francisco, California

Murphy Windmill

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

Walls cut through the vegetation in Ston. (Saskia van de Nieuwenhof/Flickr)

Walls of Ston

Longest fortress system anywhere in Europe.

The carving of the horseman. (Gerhard Palnstorfer/Flickr)

Kaspichan, Bulgaria

Madara Rider

Rock carving created 1,300 years ago 75 feet off the ground.

Spreckels Mansion. (Creative Commons)

San Francisco, California

Spreckels Mansion

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

John Sowden House. (Wikimedia Commons)

Los Angeles, California

John Sowden House

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

Mogosoaia Palace, Mogosoaia, Romania. (Liliana Suruceanu/Atlas Obscura)

Mogoșoaia, Romania

Mogoșoaia Palace

17th century palace once a meeting place for politicians.

Noletmolen. (Wikimedia Commons)

Schiedam, Netherlands

Noletmolen

Wind power station for making famous Ketel One vodka.

Cenobio de Valeron. (Wikimedia Commons)

Cenobio de Valeron

Hundreds of caves once used to store grains and animal feed.

Arch of Triumph, Bucharest, Romania. (Liliana Suruceanu/AtlasObscura)

Bucharest, Romania

Arcul de Triumf

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

Horezu Monastery, Valcea County, Romania. (Liliana Suruceanu/Atlas Obscura)

Romanii de Jos, Romania

Horezu Monastery

Religious structure known for its sculpted details.

Westerholt E-66 Observation Wind Turbine. (Wolfgang Janssen)

Schweindorf, Germany

Westerholt E-66 Observation Wind Turbine

Giant wind turbine with observation deck at the very top.

Bunker in Albania countryside.

Elbasan County, Albania

Bunkers of Albania

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

Items for sale in a blue alley in Chefchaouen. (magda-maciek/Flickr)

Chefchaouen, Morocco

Chefchaouen

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

Milestii Mici, Moldova

Mileștii Mici

The largest wine cellar in the world is a 150-mile network of underground caves near the capital of Moldova.

Arènes de Lutèce

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

World Methodist Museum in Lake Junaluska, North Carolina. (Amanda Riera-Gomez)

Lake Junaluska, North Carolina

World Methodist Museum

Largest display of Wesleyana anywhere in the world.

Swirling keys on Mortillaro's shop. (acetonic/Flickr)

New York, New York

Greenwich Locksmith

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

Ruins of the Observatory. (Wikimedia Commons)

Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Pip Ivan Observatory

Remains of a station that only operated for one year.