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Agra, India
Statue of Lord Laddu Gopal
27.1951, 78.0212
Englishtown, Nova Scotia
Giant MacAskill’s Grave
46.2875, -60.5399
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44.3884, -65.2148
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The Black Woman Who Didn’t Just Open Doors—She Moved Them
Rosa Slade Gragg wouldn’t let a racist restrictive covenant stand in the way of the Detroit Association of Colored Women’s Clubs.
Milan, Italy
Castello Pozzi
A larger-than-life house of cards stands outside the house of a former fashion designer.
Baarle-Hertog, Belgium
The Migrating House
Not many houses move across borders, this one did it twice.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Polychrome Historic District
These five Art Deco homes were meant to solve the "small house problem."
Chicago, Illinois
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.
Washington, D.C.
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House
The final residence of an educator, civil rights leader, and presidential advisor was also the first headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women.
Chisinau, Moldova
Romanita Collective Housing Tower
Once the tallest building in Chisinau, this unique tower is a relic of Soviet architecture.
Lesotho
Ha Kome Cave Dwellings
An 18th-century hideout became a permanent and ongoing residence for one Lesotho tribe.
Irvington, New York
The Armour-Stiner Octagon House
This fancifully decorated Victorian home in New York’s Hudson Valley is the only known fully domed octagonal residence in the United States.
Boston, Massachusetts
Leonard A. Grimes Residence
The Boston home of a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
Milan, Italy
Case a Igloo
In the 1940s, Italian architect Mario Cavallè built a dozen of these round homes in northern Milan.
Santa Clara, California
Santa Clara Women's Club Adobe
One of the oldest adobe structures in Northern California.
Haverstraw, New York
The House by the Railroad
This house was the subject of an Edward Hopper painting, which in turn helped inspire the design of the Bates house in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho.'
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Innis House
A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.
Gliwice, Poland
Slik House Weichmann
An early creation by Erich Mendelsohn.
architecture
The Future is Floating for the Netherlands and Other Low-Lying Countries
Houses and other buildings that rise and fall with water levels are becoming more common in Dutch cities.
Walmer, England
Walmer Castle and Gardens
This curious Tudor-era castle was once home to Napoleon's greatest adversary, the Duke of Wellington.
Stirling, Scotland
Mar's Wark
The main residence of the Erskine family and the hereditary keeper of the nearby royal Stirling Castle.
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