Architectural Oddities

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

The dome-shaped reservoir of this old water tower produces unique acoustic effects.

The Suurhusen church tower in Germany leans over farther than the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa.

A pharmacy built in the shape of a mortar and pestle, now resembles a fancy cocktail.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

Norway's national monument to fallen seamen.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Climb the dead electric pylons of Messina.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

A 20th-century picture show in 3-D.