Login
login / signup
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Hermit Thrush Brewery
Since 2014, this brewery has been pushing the boundaries of sour beers.
AWA visted herePink
A "pop of pink" is a quintessential element of the AWA aesthetic. This popular collection provides a feast for the eyes that upon further inspection sets up some equally enchanting stories.
Māhina, French Polynesia
Gethsemane Church
Named for the garden where Jesus prayed before his crucifixion, Mahina's Getesemane church has worn a coat of bright pink since July 2016.
From the Community
Singapore, Singapore
Masonic Hall
Before its permanent home materialized on Coleman Street, Singapore's Freemasons ping-ponged across the colony for 34 years.
From the Community
London, United Kingdom
The Cloud House
An architect demolished his own Victorian home to build a pink arch-covered house inspired by his Miami honeymoon and the 'craziest' church across the street.
From the Community
Palm Springs, California, United States
Les Cactus Hotel
A 1967 French rock hit quoted in parliament now names a Palm Springs hotel serving the desert's best croissants.
From the Community
Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Belgian Redemptorists built this 1932 church as an outstation, carrying a papal devotion across the Atlantic to Antigua's hills.
From the Community
Kashan, Iran
Ameri House
Kashan's grandest mansion has an intentionally unfinished corner: the governor stopped construction mid-song in 1800.
From the Community
Penzance, United Kingdom
Jubilee Pool
One councillor called it "the biggest white elephant Penzance has ever had." He was spectacularly wrong.
From the Community
Aviles, Spain
Avilés
This medieval salt port's population doubled in a decade when steel furnaces named Carmen, Joaquina, Rosario, and Carmen 4 arrived.
From the Community
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Rohat Teahouse
Promised survival in 2022, demolished in 2025: Dushanbe's beloved 1958 teahouse became a high-rise government building.
From the Community
Wroclaw, Poland
Grand Hotel Wrocław
Wrocław’s Grand Hotel has spent a century changing names, identities, and fortunes - and is finally returning to its former glory.
From the Community
Poznań, Poland
General Zamoyska and Helena Modrzejewska Secondary School
Poland's greatest actress mastered English in four months. A secondary school now bears her name.
From the Community
Sign up for our Newsletter
The AWA Bulletin: A quick & curated bi-weekly break
Cascais, Portugal
Cascais
Portugal's iconic black-and-white pavements started as prison labor in 1842. Now they're headed for UNESCO recognition.
From the Community
Annedal, Sweden
Seminariumparken
Gothenburg gets rain 40% of the time, so the city built a park specifically designed to be better when it's pouring.
From the Community
Lisbon, Portugal
Alfama House
Alfama survived Lisbon's 1755 earthquake on solid bedrock while the rest of the city was rebuilt, its medieval maze unchanged.
From the Community
Franschhoek, South Africa
Franschhoek Town Hall
Franschhoek's 1935 Town Hall honors both Elephant's Corner and French Corner: the valley's dual identity before and after 1688.
From the Community
60 Landskrona, Sweden
Lill-Olas Badstrand
This Swedish beach has an elevator into the sea and a separate shoreline reserved entirely for dogs.
From the Community
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Navruz Palace
Commissioned as a tea house in 2002, this palace took 13 years to build and added a bowling alley, cinema, and go-kart track.
From the Community
København, Denmark
Nørrebrogade
At Superkilen, pink rubber climbs building facades along Nørrebrogade, turning architecture into park furniture since 2012.
From the Community
Zermatt, Switzerland
Hotel du Trift
An 1898 avalanche destroyed this Alpine hotel, but intact wine bottles from its cellar were found in Zermatt's meadows that spring.
From the Community
Palm Springs, California, United States
Villa Sierra
A chocolate brown door got painted pink for someone's mother-in-law and became as Instagrammable as the Colosseum
From the Community
Christchurch, United Kingdom
The Regent
Bingo saved this 1931 Art Deco cinema from demolition, then 100+ volunteers brought it back as a theatre in 1983.
From the Community
Lugano, Switzerland
Villa Ciani
Two brothers fleeing Austrian-occupied Milan built their 1843 villa atop the ruins of their oppressors' medieval castle.
From the Community
Nałęczów, Poland
Willa Tolin
This 1883 villa hosted secret classes for poor children and nearly became home to Poland's most celebrated novelist.
From the Community
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
The Royal Hawaiian Resort
The Royal Hawaiian's rooms face gardens, not ocean; guests in the '20s had just spent four days at sea on luxury steamships.
From the Community
London, United Kingdom
Lacy Gallery / Pippa Small
A frame dealer's son and an anthropologist-turned-jeweler hold down neighboring pink and yellow shopfronts on Westbourne Grove.
From the Community
Corfu, Greece
Banknote Museum of the Ionian Bank
Greece's first bank issued banknotes in Spanish dollars for a British protectorate; now its HQ displays a 100 billion drachma note.
From the Community
Dublin, Ireland
Polaris Building, Dublin City University
DCU's Polaris Building corralled 3,000 students from four scattered buildings into one €80 million facility during a pandemic.
From the Community
Kashan, Iran
Mahinestan Raheb Hotel
A Qajar mansion with three courtyards (one for family, one for guests, one for servants) now welcomes everyone equally.
From the Community
Tangalle, Sri Lanka
Ruhunu Cinema
As Sri Lanka lost cinemas at a rate of one per month for nearly a decade, Tangalle's Ruhunu Cinema kept its projector running.
From the Community
Shiraz, Iran
Nasir al-Mulk Mosque
This mosque's expensive gamble turns morning prayers into a daily light show.
From the Community
Plains, Montana, United States
Old Camas Prairie School Gymnasium
A tiny Prairie-style gymnasium lit by Delco generators until 1951, now a pink relic along Highway 28.
From the Community
Kerry, Ireland
Dan Foley’s Pub
The most-photographed pub in Kerry was run by a member of the Magic Circle- and yes, "it's an illusion."
From the Community
Jaipur, India
The Johri
Five suites inside a Johari Bazaar haveli where gem traders operate outside and rooftop dinners overlook Jaipur's chaotic rooftops.
AWA visted here
Gran Canaria, Spain
Las Palmas Gospel Church
In the 1960s, South Korean fishermen settled on Spain’s Gran Canaria, creating the only Koreatown in Spain and a true island melting pot!