Iran
Tomb of Cyrus
This ancient burial site is believed to be one of the first earthquake-protected structures in the world.
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Iran
This ancient burial site is believed to be one of the first earthquake-protected structures in the world.
Milton, Scotland
This Scottish bridge seems to compel dogs to leap to their death.
Arinj, Armenia
She asked for a potato cellar and over the next 23 years he gave her a network of holy caves.
Bermuda
Storms, funding, and in-fighting have kept this Bermuda church from ever being completed.
Kiruna, Sweden
The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.
Pha Sing, Thailand
Riding on a pair of architectural dragons, this Thailand temple holds murals full of lurid imagery.
London, England
A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.
Yangpyeong, South Korea
This quirky Korean eatery is built to resemble an equally quirky vintage camera.
Elsah, Illinois
First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.
Genga, Italy
This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.
Canterbury, England
This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.
Panguipulli, Chile
This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.
New York, New York
An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.
Helsinki, Finland
An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.
Kewanee, Illinois
The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.
Ayni, Tajikistan
This dark, damp, perilous tunnel is the only passage from north to south Tajikistan.
O Rosal, Spain
"Satisfying" is a good way to describe these beautifully aligned rows of Spanish mills.
Borgloon, Belgium
Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.
Antarctica
The world's largest neutrino telescope searches for secrets of the universe at the South Pole.
Stretford, England
A rotating bridge that carries a little canal over a larger one.
New York, New York
Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.
Szymbark, Poland
Communism's topsy-turvy effect on Poland has been brought to life in this wacky tourist trap.
Sussex, England
The elegant structure of this 19th century railroad bridge creates an illusion of infinity.