design This concrete playground slide looks like brutalist architecture Popkin

surveillance This windowless NYC skyscraper is reportedly an NSA spy hub Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1987 Kowloon Walled City packed 33,000 people into six and a half acres Ellsworth Toohey

art Toyo Ito's Expo Hall "Shining Hat" looks like a portal opening in the sky Popkin

politics Trump Arch in D.C. to be tremendously large and golden Rob Beschizza

History Estonian supermarket built around a 10,000-year-old Ice Age boulder Popkin

Japan What happened to the 2.5 mile high building designed to be taller than Mount Fuji? Ellsworth Toohey

History Medieval dragon drainpipe from 1393 makes modern gutters look boring Popkin

travel Alaska's "Dr. Seuss House" is a stacked-cabin tower deep in the woods Popkin

History Would you sleep in a 1,000-year-old cliff dwelling? Popkin

photography Trees that refused to be stopped by brick walls and cracks Popkin

History What thousands of years of foot traffic does to marble stairs Popkin

History Someone already pitched Bezos' 10,000-year clock — in 1903 Ellsworth Toohey

History The folklore behind lone chimneys left standing in Appalachia Popkin

politics Judge halts construction of Trump ballroom Rob Beschizza

trump Trump Library design announced with AI slop video Rob Beschizza

design The Eames Office turned its iconic house into a modular building kit starting at $325/sq ft Ellsworth Toohey

History Clermont-Ferrand's cathedral is built entirely from black lava stone Popkin

animals Storks build enormous nests on rooftops that weigh hundreds of pounds Popkin

london Westminster Bridge's Victorian lampposts cast shadows you won't forget Popkin