Binz, Germany
Treetop Tower of Rügen
A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.
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Binz, Germany
A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.
Naucalpan, Mexico
This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.
Rottweil, Germany
Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.
Chesterfield, England
This enormous spiral sculpture looks strangely out of place on the edge of a housing development.
Qesm Hurghada, Egypt
A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.
Kawazu, Japan
An ingenious solution to a tricky engineering problem, this spiraling bridge takes drivers for a dizzying spin.
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.
Kværndrup, Denmark
Generations have refused to move this doll from its dusty resting place to preserve a castle from a watery fate.
Barcelona, Spain
This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.
Brooklyn, New York
On the hills of Bay Ridge stands a house straight out of a fairy tale.
Hamden, Connecticut
Amazing views of Long Island Sound can be seen from this mountaintop tower.
Pickering, Ontario
The longest enclosed pedestrian bridge in the world spans 14 lanes of traffic and six rail tracks, all while lighting up the night sky.
Salamanca, Spain
The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.
Lassodie, Scotland
The half-finished remains of what would have been Scotland’s biggest piece of landscape art.
London, England
A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.
San Jose, California
Anyone can control this glittery light installation with just a phone call.
Seoul, South Korea
The world's longest bridge fountain has hundreds of nozzles that create a beautiful, illuminated spectacle.
Medellín, Colombia
Three hundred illuminated pillars form an “artificial forest” in Medellín.
Tamura, Japan
These wondrously illuminated caverns extend under the mountains of the Fukushima Prefecture.
Vaadhoo, Maldives
Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.
Villa Martelli, Argentina
This giant power line tower is a robot that can express its moods in neon.
Tbilisi, Georgia
With over 10,000 lights, this engineering marvel lights up the city after dark.