Architectural Oddities

It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.

Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.

This building has a giant piercing through one of its corners.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

A university observatory dome painted to resemble the beloved 'Star Wars' droid.

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

Nestled in the mountains of Portugal is a tiny village made almost entirely of schist.

This fairytale medieval church in Poland originally spent centuries in Norway.

This fairytale house on the shore of a Chilean Lake oozes an eclectic mix of Chilote and German Cultural heritage.

Two cannon-like cranes were installed on top of the bank building to fend off bad feng shui.

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.

The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

A fantastical bed and breakfast with magically unique rooms.

A cone-shaped top and cylindrical body set this 900-year-old structure apart from other Italian bell towers.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.