Buildings

One of London’s rare Tudor-era buildings is a fate-defying gatehouse for a church.

Evanston's historic railroad complex saved this rail town from reaching the "end of the line."

This 19th-century prison once held Irish revolutionary Constance Markievicz, writer Frank O’Connor, and a nine-year-old pickpocket.

A film center envisioned to rival Cannes ended up as a haunted place after at least 168 people were killed during the rushed construction.

A colorful, architectural experiment designed to increase a resident's longevity.

This historic high school was saved from demolition to become an island home for Marshall’s creative community.

This local cultural center is housed in one of the most important Valencian Art Nouveau buildings in a town that is blessed with many.

A Bauhaus co-founder designed this quirky, abandoned granary.

An early masterpiece of Le Corbusier, a famed Modernist architect, hiding in plain sight.

This was once the largest four-sided clock in the world (yes, even bigger than Big Ben).

This old building has served as a bank, post office, library, and city hall.

The oldest skyscraper of Europe now stands dwarfed by the surrounding structures.

An enormous factory from the late 1800s sits abandoned on Cleveland eastside.

Here once stood an opulent state guest house that symbolized the Westernization of Japan.