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Architecture

Traboules Secret Passages

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

San Francisco, California

Dutch Windmill

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Potsdam, Germany

Einsteinturm

Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth Water Gardens

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

Santa Maria presso San Satiro

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

Hotel Ukraina

The tallest hotel in Europe.

Salamanca, Spain

Cathedral of Salamanca's Astronaut

The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.

Milan's Duomo "Dinosaur"

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

Bangkok, Thailand

Giant Swing

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

Romanov Boyar Residence

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

Falkirk, Scotland

Falkirk Wheel

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

Whitehorse, Yukon

The World's Largest Weathervane, a DC-3

This decommissioned DC-3 now forever points into the oncoming wind.

Moscow State University

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

Red Gates skyscraper

Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.

Clermont, Florida

The Citrus Tower

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions.

Boston, Massachusetts

Mapparium

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Detroit, Michigan

Grande Ballroom

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

Spiraling Out of Control: The Greatest Spiral Stairs in the World

Dylan Thuras October 18, 2009