Architecture

This impressive gate is the only remaining remnant of a Spanish naval station.

This grandiose staircase was part of the revival of a medieval Spanish architectural style combining Christian and Islamic influences.

This prefabricated building was built in Belgium and shipped to Mozambique but was never inhabited, since its iron exterior was unsuitable for the tropical environment.

Once a luxurious flagship of the Soviet Union, this Brutalist structure remains a landmark of Tashkent’s communist past.

This elaborate banquet hall in Queen Victoria's summer residence is an homage to Indian architecture, including miniature models of palaces in India.

A centuries-old pine tree is growing through the floor and roof of this building.

An 18th-century hunting lodge turned haunted Baroque palace.

This 17th-century temple gave the area of Ganeshkhind its name.

Once a spa resort, then a tuberculosis sanatorium, and now a crumbling ruin.

These crumbling ruins are all that's left of the ancestral home of Clan Crawford.

A design by master architect Alvar Aalto in a small village in the Apennines near Bologna.

High rises built to house displaced military personnel and their families form a unique cylindrical shape.

This historic Art Deco building embellished with local tropical fruits had fallen into disrepair before a recent restoration.

One of the oldest Masonic buildings in England, and still in use today.

Controversially restored in the 1970s, this giant 15th-century mosque is shrouded in legend.

This Castilian castle has stood the test of time like few others.

Built between 1901 and 1908, this building is one of the most iconic examples of modernist architecture in Spain.