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Jason Starr

We've featured striking and stunning museums from North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Now it's time to finish the list with some of the most beautiful museums in Australia.

Jill Harness


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We’ve looked at some of the most beautiful lighthouses, libraries and museums from around the world. Today it’s time to look at more iconic and beautiful buildings—train stations.

Jill Harness






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Last month, we took a look at some of the most beautiful museums in Europe. Now it’s time to hop across the pond and explore some of the loveliest museums in North America.

Jill Harness
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Some of these properties are available on the open market—if you have enough money. Some are not. But all of them join a unique club of some of the world’s costliest places to live.

Chris Stokel-Walker
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A quickly spreading phenomenon in the construction world has given new meaning to the phrase “standing your ground.” In China, where urban areas are among the most rapidly growing in the world, a strange fad called the “nail house” has taken root.

Maureen Monahan


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For the last couple years, Jill Harness has been rounding up the world's most beautiful libraries by continent. Here they are all in one place, in no particular order.

Jill Harness


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Something that keeps the building looking as it did when first built is the end goal of those involved in the preservation of historical sites, and those involved in York Minster’s upkeep have hit upon a novel solution. It’s likely to be found in your kit

Chris Stokel-Walker


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Some might say that tree houses are just for kids, but the architects of these innovative homes might beg to differ.

Virginia Claire McGuire


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Most of us, at one point or another, have coveted a house that's not real. While most of us will never realize those real estate dreams, there are a lucky few who have. Here are a few fictional houses you can really move into.

Stacy Conradt
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The pyramid was supposed to serve as a lightning rod, and since Frishmuth had already done some plating work for the monument, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers called on him to fashion the topper as well.

Matt Soniak
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Read on to find out how long it actually held the title of New York’s Tallest Building and nine other fascinating facts about the Art Deco masterpiece.

Stacy Conradt


The "Skinny House" in the North End of Boston is an extremely narrow but surprisingly tall spite house.

Sometimes they block a neighboring house's view, or are built to challenge city ordinances. These are spite houses—buildings constructed to make someone mad.

Virginia Claire McGuire