The unique octagon-shaped tomb also features a pyramid-shaped roof with walls adorned by murals of the sun, moon and stars.

Archaeologists in Yangquan, China, have discovered an octagon-shaped tomb with walls covered in murals that dates back some 700 years, when the descendants of Genghis Khan ruled China. The pyramid ...

Buildings were more visually appealing when they were round, like fruit, Mr. Fowler maintained. In his 1848 book, “The Octagon House: A Home for All,” he wrote: “The more acute the angle ...

In “The Octagon House,” published in 1848, Orson Squire Fowler wondered why anyone would build a four-sided home when they could have an eight-sided one. The Armour-Stiner House in Irvington ...

But octagon shaped houses fell out of favor during the 1880s, and currently only about 500 are still standing, mostly in New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and Pennsylvania. It’s estimated that fewer ...

An orchestra will be holding a fund raising concert to raise money for repairs to a Suffolk church roof.