Architectural Oddities

The triumvirate of postwar Korea—Kim Il-sung, Syngman Rhee, and Lee Ki-poong—once vacationed on this seaside peninsula.

This bizarre residential building is the masterpiece of Von Jour Caux, the “Gaudí of Japan.”

Though it may look like a Modernist cathedral, this structure was built to store massive quantities of grain during World War II.

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

This eclectic homestead is home to a miniature windmill and Connecticut's last tollbooth.

This fancifully decorated Victorian home in New York’s Hudson Valley is the only known fully domed octagonal residence in the United States.

In the 1940s, Italian architect Mario Cavallè built a dozen of these round homes in northern Milan.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

A condensed piece of China floating in a Dutch harbor.

Every winter, this former planetarium is transformed into a massive, brightly-lit Christmas ornament.

The camera-toting gargoyle juts out from the exterior of a Gothic cathedral.

A castle-inspired apartment building that has stood in Birmingham since 1927.

This former farm In northern Iceland is now a museum, where visitors can tour beautifully-preserved turf houses.

The remnants of a luxurious resort that saw its peak in the 1970s and 1980s has been abandoned since 2009, leaving behind the wreckage of both the hotel and a beautiful ice skating rink.

The historic villages and towns of Suffolk are filled with wonky wooden beam houses painted an unusual shade of pink. Unknown to many though, this sweet shade has a bloody history.

The first Protestant church in Arizona and only Gothic Revival style adobe church in the world.