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Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Sala Redutowa
Where the last Habsburg emperor slept and a notorious bandit was finally caught by cabbies.
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Who doesn't love an immaculately designed interior? It's where we spend most of our waking hours, at least for many of us. This collection represents the best of the best when you need a little inspiration for your own inside spaces.
Kraków, Poland
Tempel Synagogue
Tempel's 43 stained glass windows are the only preserved synagogue stained glass in Poland, surviving Nazi occupation as ammunition storage.
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Jodhpur, India
Mehrangarh Fort
To break a hermit's drought curse, a man was buried alive in Mehrangarh's foundation—his descendants still receive state care today.
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Pula, Croatia
Home of Croatian Veterans
Pula's 1913 naval ballroom outlasted the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a world war, and three countries, but the dances continue.
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Kutaisi, Georgia
Great Synagogue
A Soviet auto plant reporter translated Georgia's national epic into Hebrew: now a monument honors him outside this 1886 synagogue.
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Lviv, Ukraine
Lviv House of Scientists
Built for horse breeders in 1898, this was Lviv's first electric building, and the casino name fooled everyone.
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Palma, Spain
Hesperia Mallorca Hotel
This Palma hotel's 2026 renovation went full retro, complete with a custom orange-scented aroma inspired by Mallorca's citrus groves.
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Harrogate, United Kingdom
Harrogate Tap
The only part of an 1862 station that survived demolition now causes passengers to miss their trains on purpose.
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Superbon
Where butchers once ruled, Superbon thrives in a district that traded cleavers for cocktails.
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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.
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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.
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Baku, Azerbaijan
Juma Mosque
This mosque spent Soviet rule as a carpet museum, its prayer hall draped in rugs rather than reverence for seven decades.
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Dublin, Ireland
Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre
Where U2 got their start, shoppers now browse beneath a glass dome locals call "The Wedding Cake."
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Basel, Switzerland
Basel Zoo Antelope House
A neoclassical monument to animals that never arrived.
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Istanbul, Turkey
Egyptian Bazaar
Turkish wordplay turned this 1664 spice market into the 'Corn Bazaar'.
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Paris, France
Piscine de la Butte-aux-Cailles
A geothermal spring 580 meters below Paris feeds a year-round outdoor pool heated to 28°C.
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Rapallo, Italy
Excelsior Palace Hotel
Italy's first casino hotel secretly hosted three world-altering treaties between champagne service and celebrity sightings.
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Tynemouth, United Kingdom
Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigrade Museum
The world's first volunteer coastal rescue squad was born from tragedy and still answers emergency calls today.
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Skopje, North Macedonia
Matka Exhibition Center
Handle 80-year-old dials in a control room frozen in time when the new plant opened next door.
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Budapest, Hungary
St. Stephens Hall
Destroyed in WWII, Budapest's St. Stephen's Hall lay dormant for 76 years before its 600-piece Zsolnay fireplace rose again.
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Newquay, United Kingdom
SeaSpace
Newquay's newest hotel sits between Britain's surf heritage and its humpback whale comeback- swim, spot whales, repeat.
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Kathmandu, Nepal
Durbar Square
Three rival Malla kings turned sibling rivalry into an architectural competition that lasted 300 years and produced 150+ temples.
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Jaipur, India
Polo Palladio
An Italian restaurant inside a polo club where the most famous player died mid-match, because legends never retire.
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Winterthur Museum & Gardens
This 175-room “American palace” is equipped with wild gardens, 90,000 art pieces, and a history grand enough to once include a prize-winning dairy herd.
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Bucharest, Romania
Ateneo Rumeno
Ateneo Rumeno (The Romanian Athenaeum) is both music hall and time capsule, a space that preserves memory as carefully as sound.
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London, United Kingdom
Two Temple Place
The wealthiest man in the world's ode to literature.
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Detroit, Michigan, United States
Guardian Building
The most colorful building in Detroit.
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Vienna, Austria
Schönbrunn Palace
Today, regardless of rank, all members of the public can cool down while surveying the entirety of the empress’s verdant spool.
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Santos, Brazil
Palácio José Bonifácio
Explore the stately home of Santos’ city hall, honoring José Bonifácio—founding father, geologist, poet, and independence hero.
Basel, Switzerland
Kunstmuseum Basel
Easel-y one of the most precious gems of the city’s art space.
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Munich, Germany
Bavarian National Theatre
Honoring the past and embracing the future.
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Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Office of Collecting and Design
Collecting everything but dust.
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San Francisco, California, United States
San Francisco Mechanics’ Institute
Home to the oldest continuously operating chess club in the US.
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London, United Kingdom
Raffles London at The OWO
You can wonder the same halls as Winston Churchill.