Houses

Political activist and writer Thomas Paine once lodged at this location.

These pastel-colored homes were built when the island of Macau was a Portuguese colony.

A house built specifically to shelter the dead.

This small stone hut was once home to a gold prospector and his family.

This modernist building is the last remnant of an ambitious plan to restore a neighborhood.

The woman who helped save 15th-century France was born in this humble home.

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

Built in 1899, this luxurious home was part of one of the first gated communities in Los Angeles.

This Cleveland mansion has played host to a German singing group, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, a funeral parlor, and many civil rights meetings.

With a facade that measures just 107 centimeters, this five-story building is one of the skinniest in Europe.

Architectural elements and building materials for this house were transported from Salisbury, England.

One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.

The ruins of a 17th-century lodge on a grand estate are being slowly restored to their former glory.

Once home to a local bear named "Bruno."

The home of Iraq's former prime minister now houses historical manuscripts.