The 25 Cities With the Most Skyscrapers Worldwide
To some people, the size of a city’s buildings is just as important as the size of its population.
To some people, the size of a city’s buildings is just as important as the size of its population.
What was it like to stay in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Imperial Hotel? This video reimagines its grandeur.
If the Golden Ratio is your metric, the most beautiful city in the world is in Italy.
Here's how an interesting regional design quirk became a focus of superstition.
Fibonacci developed his theory based on rabbit population growth, but you'll find the golden ratio in everything from flowers to outer space.
LA renters have come to expect they'll need to BYOF (Bring Your Own Fridge) when renting. Here's why.
You think Washington, D.C.’s metro escalators are long? Wait ’til you hear about St. Petersburg’s.
The empty vaults beneath the Brooklyn Bridge in New York were used to store wine a century ago.
From Central Park to Stanford University's campus, Olmsted's lush and picturesque aesthetic was meant to relieve the stress caused by urban living.
The Eiffel Tower isn’t the tallest building in the world—or even the tallest structure in France—but it keeps growing.
At about 1.5 miles long, France’s Millau Viaduct is far from the world’s longest bridge—but it is the tallest.
Star Wars’ most infamous fallen Jedi has been bearing down on unsuspecting cathedral visitors since 1986.
Taking a peek inside the smallest house in Great Britain may make you feel better about your current living situation.
The 2024 re-opening of Notre-Dame Cathedral could see modern artwork and mood lighting added to the 850-year-old structure, which some critics worry could reduce it to "kitsch."
Famous presidential portraits, literary masterpieces, and iconic tourist destinations all make the list of amazing unfinished projects.
This palatial loft in Tribeca’s Woolworth Building includes five bedrooms, six bathrooms, and zero Trojan horses.
A farmer stumbled upon an underground passageway adorned with millions of shells in 1835. Nearly two centuries later, we still don't know who built it.
The Enslin Mansion in Troy, New York, was visited by notorious gangster John T. “Legs” Diamond before his violent death.
Stained-glass windows depicting Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson were removed in 2017. Now, Kerry James Marshall is working on their replacements.
Sleep like royalty at these palaces around the world. Tiaras and crowns not provided—you'll have to source your own.
It's hard not to feel like the walls are closing in on you while walking down Spreuerhofstrasse in Reutlingen, Germany—the narrowest street in the world.
Boston's Skinny House was built out of spite more than a century ago, and now it can be yours for $1.2 million.
If you feel like getting away to outer space, check out these rental accommodations that promise to (metaphorically) send you into orbit.
Planting trees means more shade, and white roofs emit less heat. Here’s how Australia’s Wilton area is fostering eco-friendly growth.