Detroit, Michigan
Guardian Building Art Deco Lobby
To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.
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Detroit, Michigan
To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.
Rajac, Serbia
Beautifully carved tombstones fill this unmarked graveyard, uniquely situated near the village's famous stone wine cellars.
Iran
A sophisticated astronomical tower built by one of the greatest Persian scholars of the Islamic Golden Age.
Stuttgart, Germany
This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.
Shiraz, Iran
A spectacular rainbow of stained glass makes the "Pink Mosque" one of the most beautiful in Iran.
East Jerusalem, Israel
The abandoned shell of what would have been the Jordanian royal family's summer palace.
Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.
Gallitzin, Pennsylvania
A hidden piece of Altoona's railroad history in a long-forgotten abandoned town.
Vintondale, Pennsylvania
The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.
Oran, Algeria
This former cathedral is now a bustling library packed with students and pigeons.
Canora, Saskatchewan
The giantess welcomes travelers to a small Saskatchewan town with a traditional Slavic greeting of bread and salt.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.
Belgrade, Serbia
Ride in 1960s style on the private luxury train Marshal Josip Tito used to travel around Yugoslavia.
Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Remains of a station that only operated for one year.
Sant Just Desvern, Spain
A science fiction-inspired apartment building designed by a famous Spanish architect.
Milan, Italy
A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.
Jerusalem, Israel
The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.
Washington, D.C.
A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.
Wrocław, Poland
A collection of old neon signs from all over Poland line a secluded courtyard.
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
This strange building looks like a medieval fortress crashed into a 1960s Brutalist office block.
Moscow, Russia
Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.
Bristol, England
Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.
Brištane, Croatia
This picturesque medieval monastery guards a small trove of historic treasures.