Architectural Oddities

This oddly placed 15th-century church is one of only six bridge chapels left in England.

One of New Zealand’s few castles boasts beautiful gardens, grand architecture, and a history filled with family drama.

A majestic mansion designed in Mughalai style, complete with a turquoise onion dome.

This amateur-built East African church with mismatched towers is an architectural abnormality.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

The unusual clock on this 18th-century market building has an extra minute hand for "Bristol time."

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

This church built atop a gas station promises to "equip you for the next stage in your life’s journey."

This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.

A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”

The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

A 14th-century European chapel sticks out of the facade of a Japanese hotel.

The 14th-century ruins are said to contain healing powers.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

The only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structure in the architect's hometown.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.