Architectural Oddities

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.

An abandoned stretch of elevated road in the middle of the Brazilian jungle.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.

If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.

This ancient burial mound is accessed by an impressive Greek-built archway.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

This niche museum devoted to ancient religious artifacts is shaped like the very thing it displays.

This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.

The home and studio of a visionary woodworker now stands as a museum and example of his artistic genius.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.