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Taken in 1917 at Tsarskoye Selo, outside St. Petersburg, this is the only known color photo of the original Amber Room.
nazis

The Enduring Mystery of the Amber Room, Coveted by Tsars, Nazis, and Treasure Hunters

Crafted from amber and gold, it enthralled all who saw it. Then, near the end of World War II, it disappeared.
Stefan Bachmann and April Genevieve Tucholke February 14, 2024
Madrid, Spain

Royal Palace of Madrid Statues

After the queen of Spain had a dream where these statues fell and crushed her, they were removed from the palace and given new homes around Madrid.
Lal Mahal
Pune, India

Lal Mahal

A historic palace in the center of Pune where the founder of the Maratha Empire spent his formative years.
A three story outer wall with arches on the first floor and alternating white and red stonework.
Istanbul, Turkey

Palace of the Porphyrogenitus

Byzantine emperors ruled, lived, and died in this 13th-century palace-turned-museum.
A large bone hangs from a chain in a church.
Warszawa, Poland

The Mammoth Bone

A massive mammoth bone has been on display inside this church since the 18th century.
Astorga, Spain

Palacio Episcopal

An Antoni Gaudí masterpiece in Astorga.
Saywun, Yemen

Sultan Al Kathiri Palace

One of the largest mud-brick structures in the world.
Main hall inside the Ráday Palace
Pécel, Hungary

Ráday Palace

A seemingly unassuming palace near Budapest hides a stupendously decorated hall.
Namak Haram Deorhi
Murshidabad, India

Namak Haram Deorhi

Known as the "Traitor's Gate."
Hazarduari Palace
Murshidabad, India

Hazarduari Palace

In the palace with a thousand doors, not all of them are guaranteed to lead you somewhere new.
politics

Podcast: Empress Anna’s Ice Palace

The spectacle in St. Petersburg, Russia, was the site of an incredibly strange wedding.
The Podcast Team January 25, 2023
Russian painter Valery Jacobi's 1878 <em>Ice House</em> depicts the jester, Mikhail Golitsyn, and the Kalmyk woman, Avdotia Buzheninova, being paraded to their icy bed chamber.
castles

The Time a Russian Empress Built an Ice Palace and Forced Her Jester To Get Married In It

Cruel joke, power move, or both?
Sarah Durn October 4, 2022
Annecy, France

Palais de l’Île

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.
Palau Guell
Barcelona, Spain

Palau Güell

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.
Presidential Palace
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Presidential Palace

Built by Portuguese colonizers, the palace is now the seat of power for the independent nation.
The Blue Palace
Warsaw, Poland

The Blue Palace

Once home to some 250,000 volumes and priceless art artifacts, this Polish estate was a target of bombing during World War II.
Walking into Gidan Rumfa
Kano, Nigeria

Gidan Rumfa (Emir's Palace)

Walk through history in a palace that has seen centuries of Muslim rulers.
The front facade of the palace.
Tallinn, Estonia

Kadriorg Palace

A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.