Here once stood an opulent state guest house that symbolized the Westernization of Japan.

Decorated with a staggering 1,380 ladybugs, the installation has turned what was once a grim, forgotten nickel mine into a landmark and a statement.

A nouveau-riche hilltop “palace” that once provided lodging to more than a hundred fishermen.

Known as the "Grand Lady of Jersey City,” the city's first racially-integrated hotel was owned by a preacher who was, depending on who you ask, a cult leader, civil rights pioneer, or the manifestation of God.

After local authorities changed the design, the building's architect, Le Corbusier, wanted nothing to do with it.

This former factory has deep ties to rubber production in Akron.

One of the best collections of Byzantine art housed in a magnificent, 19th-century neoclassical home.

A remarkably well-preserved stage stop from the late 19th century in a remote part of Nevada.

The Port of Yokohama’s customs headquarters building resembles a Moorish kasbah, complete with a minaret.

An Antoni Gaudí masterpiece in Astorga.

This backcountry hut was home to an asbestos miner and his wife for 40 years.

The memory of the ancient unit of measurement of local builders.

A former military hospital is now used to study and preserve artifacts of the Acropolis.

This pair of unsuspecting buildings are in fact the very first modern skyscrapers in Europe.

This skyscraper once housed weapons during the revolution and was the scene of two brutal crimes that shocked São Paulo society.

A retro Yugoslav congress, cultural, and business hall built in the 1970s, with an iconic world clock.

Inside this building is another country within Rome, a sovereign entity without a physical territory.