Wonder of the World - Hohenzollern Castle

While there are plenty of other pictureque castles in the world nothing quite matches Hohenllern Castle's majesty and story-book architecture. This wonder is the work of Friedrich August Stuler, a student of Karl Friedrich Schinkel's Classical school, who built the castle in a Gothic revival style and as a monument to the German Romanticism movement - both homages to Middle Age simplicity. Built in 1867 atop Mount Hohenzollern (50 km south of Stuttgart, Germany, Hohenzollern Castle was rarely occupied, by that family that bears it's namesake, and used primarily as a show castle. Since 1952, Hohenzollern Castle has housed many collections from the Hohenzollern family including the Crown of Wilhelm II, Frederick the Great's uniform and a letter from George Washington and serves as the burial ground for Friedrich Hayek and several royal Prussians.

Wonder of the World - Temple Expliatori de la Sagrada Familia

The Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, colloquially known as the Sagrada Familia, has been under construction in Barcelona, Spain since 1882. Privately funded by the Roman Catholic Church, part of the building's interior has been made open for public worship even though the expected completion date of the building is in 2026. The Sagrada Familia is considered to be the unfinished masterpiece of renowned Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi, the visionary behind many beautiful modernist edifices throughout Spain such as the Casa Vicens in Barcelona, Episcopal Palace in Astorga and Casa de los Botines in León. Designed to have 18 towers - 12 for the apostles, 4 for the evagelists, one for Mary and one for Jesus - the Sagrada Familia has veered away from Gaudi's original blueprint which was destroyed in the Spanish Civil War in 1938.

Casa Vicens in Barcelona (Comp. 1885).

Episcopal Palace in Astorga (Comp. 1893).