Palaces

For over two centuries, this palace served as a residence for the Holy Roman Inquisition's leaders, a courthouse, and a prison.

An 18th-century hunting lodge turned haunted Baroque palace.

This palace was built for the last king of Myanmar.

A stone from Africa's tallest peak is immortalized in a Potsdam palace—but is it actually the mountaintop?

Despite the name, this unusual palace in rural Tunisia never belonged to an Italian dictator.

In Old Goa, the former residence of the archbishop now houses a permanent exhibition.

After the queen of Spain had a dream where these statues fell and crushed her, they were removed from the palace and given new homes around Madrid.

A historic palace in the center of Pune where the founder of the Maratha Empire spent his formative years.

Byzantine emperors ruled, lived, and died in this 13th-century palace-turned-museum.

A massive mammoth bone has been on display inside this church since the 18th century.

An Antoni Gaudí masterpiece in Astorga.

One of the largest mud-brick structures in the world.

A seemingly unassuming palace near Budapest hides a stupendously decorated hall.

Known as the "Traitor's Gate."