Architectural Oddities

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

This dangerous-looking suspension bridge may have been too unstable to remain open.

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

This massive steel pyramid can be entered by a set of jagged steps that let visitors stand in its heart.

This mundane shopping plaza is named after a gruesome piece of flotsam.

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.

A marvel of technology a century ago, this disused power station now offers a lovely glimpse into the industrial design of the past.

Now the site of a high school, this was almost the location of the largest cathedral in the US.

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, but has never been to New York.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

This wooden hotel is a temple to German sustainability and forest conservation.