Architecture

This may be the world's only drive-through windmill.

The only museum dedicated entirely to the dry stone walling technique.

According to local legend, this church was built with two doors, so that residents of two rival villages had their own entrances.

In the middle of a sleepy Paraguayan village, a more than 20-meter-tall medieval castle protrudes into the air.

One of the best collections of Byzantine art housed in a magnificent, 19th-century neoclassical home.

The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.

A place of enchantment where stories of the past seem to come to life.

The Port of Yokohama’s customs headquarters building resembles a Moorish kasbah, complete with a minaret.

One of the best examples of Modernist religious architecture in Mexico City.

This cupola was once seen as an architectural disaster.

Now a retreat center for the faithful, it once provided training for clergy—but it began as a farm owned by a famed financier and his opera singer wife, who built a surprise in the backyard.

The oldest vestiges of Madrid found here, have been incorporated into this new museum.

This handsomely carved wooden church is more than 800 years old.