Baltasound, Scotland
Bobby's Bus Shelter
This Shetland Islands bus shelter may be small, but it squeezes in a couch, a desk, some art, and even an old telly.
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Baltasound, Scotland
This Shetland Islands bus shelter may be small, but it squeezes in a couch, a desk, some art, and even an old telly.
St. Louis, Missouri
Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.
Alexandria, Virginia
The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.
Seattle, Washington
An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.
Stockholm, Sweden
A golden egg-shaped sauna in the Arctic tundra.
New York, New York
Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.
Gokdepe, Turkmenistan
This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.
Lincoln, Illinois
Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.
Detroit, Michigan
The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.
Merzouga, Morocco
God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.
Kaunas, Lithuania
A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.
Kyiv, Ukraine
340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.
Saint-Étienne, France
An architectural oddity of six stories, accessed by graceful ramps.
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.
Brussels, Belgium
When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.
Leça da Palmeira, Portugal
An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.
Prague, Czechia
What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.
Johannesburg, South Africa
The tallest residential building in Africa is an unsettling Brutalist monolith.
Lexington, Kentucky
Unique tower has outlasted a takeover of the company.
Jasenovac, Croatia
Croatia's towering concrete blossom grows from the site of a World War II concentration camp.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.
Dawson City, Yukon
A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.
Winters, California
The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.
St. Louis, Missouri
The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.