Photo by <n>Helena Christensen</n> via <n>The Noisetier</n>.

Bedroom in <n>Villa Rosario</n>, a project by <n>Olga Sicilia</n> and <n>CUBRO</n>. Photo by <n>Germán Saiz</n>.

A cypress-arched walkway in the gardens of the <n>Alhambra</n> in Granada, Spain.

The <n>Double Helix Staircase</n> at <n>Château de Chambord</n>, designed by <n>Leonardo da Vinci</n> in 1516.

The 400-year-old boxwood maze at <n>Pazo de San Lorenzo de Trasouto</n> in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

A room in <n>Palazzo Daniele</n> in Gagliano del Capo, Italy.

An 1870 engraving by <n>Henri Hildibrand</n> for <n>Jules Verne</n>'s novel <n>Around the Moon</n>.

The <n>Lolita</n> residence in Newport Beach, designed by <n>Lindye Galloway</n>. Photo by <n>Chad Mellon</n>.

Front door with a circular ironwork window in <n>Charleston, South Carolina</n>.

The <n>Blanc Marine Offices</n>, designed by <n>Blanc Marine Intérieurs</n>. Photo by <n>Annie Fafard</n>.

A gothic-style room featuring the <n>Festive Foliage - Wrinkle-Free Fabric / 5x9' Sweep For Sitters</n> backdrop.

The <n>Cloister Garden</n> at <n>Pazo de San Lorenzo</n> in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

A <n>thatched roof cottage</n> in Rutland, East Midlands, England.

The <n>Art Nouveau</n> door of the <n>House of painter Richard Sterner</n> in Brussels, designed by <n>Ernest Delune</n>.

<n>Leixlip Window</n> at <n>Leixlip Castle</n>, home of <n>Desmond Guinness</n>, photographed by <n>Christopher Simon Sykes</n> c. 1985.

Interior of <n>Osteria Betulla</n>, designed by <n>DA Bureau</n>.

A <n>cob</n> mud house at <n>Kibbutz Lotan</n> in Israel.

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The arcade of the <n>Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana</n> in Rome.

Stone spiral staircase inside a 15th-century <n>Renaissance</n> castle in Anjou, France.

A <n>Dark Academia</n> style DIY library inspired by the world of <n>Harry Potter</n>.

An <n>Upholstered Storage Bench</n> from the <n>Colin King</n> for <n>West Elm</n> collection. Photo by <n>Rich Stapleton</n>.