This collection of hand fans doubles as a history of femininity.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

A small house in Tazones, completely covered in shells.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

An eccentric home in Sicily turns heads on a regular basis.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

A clay house decorated with ceramic chips in Tianjin.

A self-taught Siberian craftsman creates a fantastical and personal design for his 19th century village house.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

A modernist church in an ancient village.

15 monolithic temples emulate an eroding sand castle.

Giant reed houses made in the marshes of Southern Iraq.

Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.

Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.

Salaguti's live-in museum: a fortress against criticism and consumer art.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

Rock-cut cave complex filled with ancient Buddhist artwork.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.