Architecture

Backwards hour and minute hands and a timing mechanism that fluctuates with the temperature led to this clock tower's local nickname.

Stone monkeys adorn the buildings of this former estate.

A 19th-century church in South Mumbai built to commemorate those who died in the First Anglo-Afghan War and the retreat from Kabul in 1842.

This elaborate High Victorian Gothic structure is one of the world's few 16-sided buildings.

Oliver Cromwell marched his army over this narrow bridge to victory at the Battle of Preston in 1648.

Dating to 1793, this is the oldest building in Poolesville.

A beloved horticultural oasis on the grounds of a wealthy family's former estate.

An opulent mansion that acted as the set for Appleyard Girls School in the 1975 classic film 'Picnic at Hanging Rock.'

A window into the luxurious lives led by the landed gentry of Minsk before the 1917 Revolution.

A reconstruction of a classic mansion on the island of Delos was designed for a historian and archaeologist.

If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.

Taking the subway here means doing so over a bridge located in the middle of an estuary.

This general store has stood in the same spot for well over a century.

This building is more than 250 years old and was built in one of the first towns settled in Massachusetts.

The "largest bathroom stall in the world" offers a unique pit-stop experience.

One of the Treasury Building's original columns now sits as a garden monument in the middle of a busy military base.

This stucco building in North Africa was the first American-owned property on foreign soil.

Surreal giant face-pillars welcome visitors from across the globe to this hotel.