Rotterdam, Netherlands
Cube Houses
These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.
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Rotterdam, Netherlands
These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.
Quincy, Massachusetts
Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.
Boston, Massachusetts
Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.
Boston, Massachusetts
"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."
Gloucester, Massachusetts
A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.
Boston, Massachusetts
19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!
Tallinn, Estonia
The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.
Tallinn, Estonia
"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.
Bucharest, Romania
The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.
Naucalpan, Mexico
An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.
Kinver, England
The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.
Bologna, Italy
Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.
Prášily, Czechia
A Cold War secret surveillance tower used to spy on radio communications.
Paris, France
Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.
Mexico City, Mexico
Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.
Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.
Lorain, Ohio
A former Canadian automobile ferry mysteriously appeared in the Black River 20 years ago, and now it quietly rusts away.
San Francisco, California
America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.
Matamata, New Zealand
This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.
Vejle, Denmark
This unique architectural wonder is home to luxury apartments.
Tangshan, China
Though these human-made islands were constructed as an escape for the wealthy, they rarely see many visitors.
Bratislava, Slovakia
The inverted pyramid design of this station stands out amid Bratislava's urban landscape.
Athens, Greece
Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.