The small church in A Toxa is unremarkable from a distance, but up close it is revealed to be covered from ground to tower in local shells giving a white, shingle-like appearance.
September 11, 2011
Denham, Australia
This rural Australian restaurant claims to be the only restaurant in the world to be built almost entirely of sea shells.
St. Augustine, Florida
An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.
San Miguel, Spain
A small house in Tazones, completely covered in shells.
Toronto, Ontario
This buzzy, award-winning building hovers 85 feet above the ground on a dozen colorful stilts.
Lansing, West Virginia
In West Virginia, you can walk across the longest single-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
Soak in the sacred vibes at this beloved food and coffee hangout inside a former church.
Petrópolis, Brazil
This spaceship-like structure was once a popular roadside restaurant.
Créteil, France
A cluster of cylindrical apartment buildings nod to the city’s vegital past.
