Architecture

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

A tunnel dug through the side of a mountain by hand provides convenient yet death-defying access to a small village in China.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

A beautiful oasis town dating back to the Roman period still serves as reprieve from the brutal summer sun in Libya.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

French Time Capsule-19th Century home revealed to the public.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

Florentine Renaissance style building in Switzerland, home to the world's largest taxidermy Great White Shark.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.

17th century puritan church with connections to the Salem Witch Trials.