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In 2013 two eighteenth-century lead lions were returned to their original location at the southern entrance to Stowe House, decades after they were sold at an auction in 1921.

Kathmandu Valley, a fertile bowl nestled among peaks of the Himalayan mountain range, has been a base of religious activity for centuries.

Banteay Chhmar was commissioned by the twelfth-century Khmer ruler Jayavarman VII in honor of five heroes, including his son, who died defending the Khmer empire against the Champa kingdom.

In the mid-nineteenth century, the Saõ Paulo Railway Company laid a snaking network of tracks over Brazil's green mountains.

Dwarka Dheesh Mandir Temple is one of the oldest surviving haveli, or house-temple, complexes in Ahmedabad.

Nicholas Hawksmoor, protégé of Sir Christopher Wren, built six churches resulting from the 1711 Act of Parliament, which demanded 50 new churches in London.

The Church of the Holy Redeemer is a premier example of Armenian medieval architecture and a central monument of the Ani archaeological zone.

Conservation projects at this ancient Egyptian burial site protected the historic fabric of the tombs while improving the visitor experience.

A comprehensive restoration program for the San Esteban del Rey Mission requires investment and remains long overdue.

The Church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity is one of the most important monuments of the Gothic Revival in America.

In 1625, Dutch settlers founded New Amsterdam on a stretch of land that would eventually grow into one of the world's most famous and populous cities.

When the A. Conger Goodyear House was completed in 1938, Edward Durell Stone was already well-known as one of the country's leading architects working in the International Style.