The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.

A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

An architectural oddity of six stories, accessed by graceful ramps.

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

The tallest residential building in Africa is an unsettling Brutalist monolith.

Unique tower has outlasted a takeover of the company.

Croatia's towering concrete blossom grows from the site of a World War II concentration camp.

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

The world's largest statue of Mao Zedong looks out over the city where he discovered Communism.

Something's watching you.

Austria's ultra-modern art museum looks like Cthulhu's giant alien heart.

An abandoned stretch of elevated road in the middle of the Brazilian jungle.

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

The ruins of this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.