Architecture

Invisible bridge parts the waters, invoking biblical images and preserving the ominous feel of an ancient moat.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

Cliffside houses provide a spectacular view from their perch above the valley.

Named after a legendary garden called Eram in southern Arabia, built by order of Shaddad, an Arab king who wanted to compete with Paradise.

In memory of The Blur Building, the temporary exhibition pavilion of vaporous nothingness.

Part museum, part piece of Arthurian-inspired history, this stately hall attracts King Arthur fans from miles away.

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

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

Czech architects borrow from the nest design of the stork to revitalize a farmstead, hoping to inspire the same loyalty the birds had shown.

Stunning views over Ontario's old-growth pine forests.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

Massive fortified towers blend North American and Chinese architecture.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

Rock-cut cave complex filled with ancient Buddhist artwork.

A series of modernist treehouse hotel rooms grace the outskirts of an Arctic forest.

One family's environment-friendly hobbit-house in Wales.

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