The most noteworthy bit about this building is the way the aerial roots from a nearby tree descend in orderly rows from holes in its ceiling, turning it into a “house of roots.”

Police in the western Czech border town of Cheb have launched an investigation into the theft of a four-tonne railway bridge.

A couple who rented out a house to someone returned 10 years later to find that it had been reduced to an empty shell.

Australia has nominated 11 prisons and other sites linked to its convict past for World Heritage listing as symbols of the nation, the government said Wednesday.

The bright lights of the big city have proved too much for Shanghai's observatory, which will move its astronomy work away from the metropolis's blinding light pollution, state press reported Tuesday.

Ice might seem a tough sell in Harbin, one of China's coldest cities, but it has pulled it off with a spectacular annual festival that for many is far more tempting than a warm beach holiday.

For sale in former city of popes: one medieval insane asylum and prison. Exceptional location next to papal palace. River views. Cell space for 700. Hoteliers only need apply.

A portion of the original staircase of the Eiffel Tower was sold for 180,000 euros - 10 times the estimated price - at an auction in Paris Monday.

Many motorists like to listen to music or the radio as they drive, but how many would say they enjoyed listening to the sounds of the road?

A South Korean lawmaker and public hygiene activist on Sunday (November 11th) opened his 1.6 million dollar toilet-shaped showcase house designed to campaign for cleaner loos worldwide.