Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.

The world's first and only three-segment bascule bridge folds up into the shape of a capital "N" to let boat traffic through.

The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

Senators used to relax in the nearly forgotten marble tubs now hidden in the U.S. Capitol Building's basement.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

An eclectic assortment of medieval architecture in a small Iowa town.

A promising candidate for the lost rock laid by George Washington was unearthed, but the hunt is still on.

A German town is growing a building out of trees.

A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

This whimsical winery by Antoni Gaudí looks ripped from the pages of a fairytale.

A mysterious demonic figure peers down from its perch within the gorgeous Chester Cathedral.

This charming wooden church was disassembled and moved not once but twice before settling in this Prague garden.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

Before 1993, this historic-looking village—King Charles III's pet project—didn’t exist at all.

The intended purpose of this unfinished Elizabethan building remains a mystery.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

A science fiction-inspired apartment building designed by a famous Spanish architect.

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

According to folklore, Vermont's slanted windows were installed to keep witches from flying into the house.

This abandoned lock-up was saved because of its connection to a local football team.