Suita-shi, Japan
Tower of the Sun
Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.
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Suita-shi, Japan
Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Experience architect Le Corbusier's modernist design for living in the home he designed for himself.
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Crespano del Grappa, Italy
This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.
Reykjavik, Iceland
One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.
Hamburg, New Jersey
Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.
Stockholm, Sweden
This Stockholm light tower can be controlled by anyone with a smartphone.
Modena, Italy
This ultra-modern burial building would have stacked the dead like a giant filing cabinet.
Panjin Shi, China
A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.
Temoaya, Mexico
This ceremonial Mexican square looks as though it belongs in a science fiction movie.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.
Baturiti, Indonesia
This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.
Genga, Italy
This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.
Sant'Agata Dé Goti, Italy
This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.
Marseille, France
This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Take a stroll through the hellish grotesques of Hieronymus Bosch in this elaborate Netherlands church.
Budapest, Hungary
From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.
Berlin, Germany
The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".
Lisse, Netherlands
Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.
Beijing, China
This Chinese museum proves that it's a watermelon world, we're all just living in it.
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.