Stilt houses

Stilt houses on Lake Constance ( Bodensee ) in Unteruhldingen, Germany

Pfahlbaumuseum Unteruhldingen (German for 'Stilt house museum') is an archaeological open-air museum on Lake Constance (Bodensee) in Unteruhldingen, Germany, consisting of reconstructions of stilt houses or lake dwellings from the Neolithic Stone Age and Bronze Age.

Comes from Marion in Butzbach, Germany

Distance: 1,580 km

Travel time: 9 days

Buildings

AZ Tower

The AZ Tower is a skyscraper in the city of Brno, Czech Republic. The tower is 111 m (364 ft) high and it has 30 floors. It is currently the tallest building in the Czech Republic. The construction of the building was started in 2011 and it was completed in April 2013. The building has floor area of over 17,000 m2 (180,000 sq ft). It is used as office, retail and residential spaces.

From Martina, Brno Czech Republic

Distance: 1,534 km

Travel time: 7 days 

Little Rock Central High School
President Clinton speaks at the 40th anniversary of desegregation of Little Rock Central High School

A very  historic high school in Little Rock.  Almost 60 years ago there was a major integration conflict. On the morning of September 23, 1957, nine African-American teenagers held the line against an angry mob protesting integration in front of Little Rock's Central High School. As the students met their new classmates for the first time inside the school, outside violence escalated and the Little Rock police removed the Nine from the school for their safety. The next day, President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division into Little Rock to escort the nine students into the school. 

 From Susannah, Little Rock, Arkansas

Distance: 7,742 km

Travel time: 9 days

Luce Memorial Chapel, Tunghai University, Taiwan

This Christian Chapel on the beautiful campus of the Tunghai University in Taichung was designed by the artist Chen Chi-Kwan together with I. M. Pei, the most famous Chinese-born architect of the 20th century. It is one the most impressive sacred spaces in Taiwan. The chapel is named after the American Rev. Henry Luce, a missionary who was active in China in the late 19thcentury and father of publisher Henry Luce Junior. 

From Penny, Taiwan

Distance: 7,995 km

Travel time: 9 days

Unique Architecture

 

 This postcard showing the crooked door of the Old King's school shop in Canterbury came from Germany sent by Deni.  The shop is possibly the most photographed historic building in Canterbury after the Cathedral.

Distance: 1,740 km
Travel time: 5 days

This super funny postcard showing a huge basket-shaped building was sent to me by Marcy in Ohio.  The building is the Office of Longaberger Company in Newark. I believe it is the largest basket in the world.

Distance: 6,860 km
Travel time: 19 days

Lanyang Museum, Yilan, Taiwan

This huge building looks as it has collapsed into the lake as a result of an earthquake. The building looks like a cuesta emerging from the surface of the lake. Cuesta is the outcome of colliding crustal plates and this sort of special landscape is common in north-east Taiwan. 

Card came from Stella in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan

Distance: 8,197 km
Travel time: 17 days

I think the topsy-turvy building was not designed to be lived in. It was created for a local zoo in Gettorf, Germany.

The card came from Ela in Elmshorn.
Distance: 1,210 km
Travel time: 6 days


We found this upside down house in Furnas village on São Miguel island in the Azores.
The building  is actually an electrical substation!