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Ještěd Tower Hotel in Czech Republic

Oct 4, 2013

Ještěd Tower is a 94 meter-tall television transmitter and hotel integrated into one, built on the top of Ještěd mountain near Liberec in th...

Inntel Hotel in Zaandam, The Netherlands

Sep 21, 2012

Inntel Hotel owns several hotels in different cities around the Netherlands. Their latest, opened in the town of Zaandam in 2010 is an eye-s...

Capsule Hotels in Japan

Aug 28, 2011

Capsule hotels are a unique form of accommodations developed for working Japanese men who are too busy to go home. The hotels comprise of in...

Lego Themed Hotel in California

Jan 31, 2013

A LEGO themed hotel is being constructed right next to California’s very own Legoland amusement park in Carlsbad, California. The hotel its...

5 Unusual Circular Buildings

Dec 16, 2015

Inspired by the symbolism of the circle and the sphere, architects have been designing circular buildings since the ancient times. Round tow...

Desert Lotus Hotel In Inner Mongolia

Aug 21, 2013

A magnificent new hotel has bloomed amid the vast sea of sands in Xiangshawan Desert, Inner Mongolia, 800 kilometers west to Beijing. Named ...

Ducks Rule at Peabody Hotel, Memphis

May 23, 2013

Peabody Hotel is not just another luxury hotel in downtown Memphis in Tennessee, USA. This one has a peculiar attraction – ducks. Every day ...

The Mega Hotels of Mecca

Nov 30, 2017

A mammoth new hotel is rising in Saudi Arabia’s holy city Mecca. When completed it will have 10,000 rooms spanning more than 1.4 million squ...

Richardson Olmsted Complex: A Historic Insane Asylum Turned Hotel

May 7, 2018

The Richardson Olmsted Complex in Buffalo, the United States, is a modern name for the Buffalo State Hospital, which itself was originally c...

Null Stern Hotel of Switzerland: Bomb Shelter Turned Hotel

Mar 25, 2010

Located in one of Switzerland’s historic regions, Appenzellerland, the Null Stern Hotel offers a unique and memorable lodging experience – b...

The United Tower in Bahrain Bay Looks Like a Drill Bit

Jun 19, 2015

A dramatically twisting tower is being developed in Bahrain which will house a five-star hotel of the Wyndham Hotel Group scheduled to open ...

Das Park Hotel Built from Giant Sewage Pipes

Aug 31, 2011

If your idea of a holiday is to live inside a sewage pipe, then congratulations - you qualify for a night’s stay at the Das Park Hotel in Au...

The Great Polish Map of Scotland

Aug 3, 2015

The Great Polish Map of Scotland, also known as the Mapa Scotland, is a large three-dimensional, scale model of Scotland, with lakes, mounta...

The Vdara Hotel Death Ray

Oct 2, 2010

The tall, sleek, curving Vdara Hotel at CityCenter in Las Vegas is a thing of beauty. But the south-facing tower is turning out to be nuisan...

Infinity Pool at Marina Bay Sands Hotel

Jun 27, 2010

The Sands SkyPark in Singapore is an awe-inspiring engineering wonder. This unique structural masterpiece, designed by visionary architect M...

Wunderland Kalkar: Nuclear Power Plant Turned Amusement Park

Jun 2, 2011

In Kalkar in 1972, construction was started on the SNR-300, the first fast breeder nuclear reactor in Germany. The reactor was designed to u...

Victorian Era Sea Fort Turned Into Luxury Hotel

Aug 21, 2013

During the late 1800s, Lord Palmerston, the British Prime Minister of that time, commissioned the construction of several sea forts in the S...

China’s Richest Village Opens Skyscraper Hotel

Oct 12, 2011

Not to be left behind by its urban counterparts, one of China's richest village, Huaxi, has built a 328m skyscraper hotel at a cost of $...

A Blast From The Past: Episode 16

May 1, 2016

A collection of interesting articles from the archives that you may have missed. The Secret Life of the Harvest Mice Photographers Jean-Lo...

4 of the World's Most Amazing Treetop Hotels

Aug 1, 2013

Once upon a time, building a hotel meant bulldozing the planet's precious trees. However, many of the world's accommodation provider...