Pasadena, California
The Gamble House
A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.
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Pasadena, California
A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.
Hong Kong
Despite being built 50 years ago, this housing estate's unconventional design gives it a futuristic, sci-fi aesthetic.
Laporte Township, Pennsylvania
The forest has reclaimed nearly everything—streets included—from this failed Pennsylvania "City of Heaven" that was once deeded directly to God.
Aranjuez, Spain
An eighteenth-century fantasy where monkeys, dragons, and Chinese courtiers emerge from walls made entirely of porcelain.
Fackler, Alabama
This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.
Edinburgh, Scotland
An underground venue, buried for 200 years, now open as a unique whisky tasting venue.
Catania, Italy
A quiet museum preserves the extraordinary relics, processional treasures, and centuries-old traditions behind Catania's famous Feast of Saint Agatha.
Leiden, Netherlands
One of the oldest masonic temples in the Netherlands, built in 1757.
Bruges, Belgium
This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.
Chicago, Illinois
Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.
Paris, France
One of the oldest masonic museums in Paris.
New York, New York
A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.
Tappan, New York
This derelict building used to house infirm Freemasons, their widows, and orphans.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.
Barcelona, Spain
A once-secret library of Freemason history in Catalonia.
Batavia, New York
A towering cemetery monument honors a man who threatened to expose the Freemasons and paid with his life.
Alexandria, Virginia
This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.
East Jerusalem, Israel
An ancient quarry rediscovered by a dog and claimed by biblical kings, a German cult, and the Freemasons.
Vienna, Austria
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
Bonnieux, France
From carts to cars, this leftover Roman bridge in France has managed to survive for centuries.
Ehlanzeni, South Africa
Hidden in the hills is a mysterious stone structure, known only to a few.
Peebles, Ohio
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
Uozu-shi, Japan
Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.
El Paso, Texas
Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.