Architectural Oddities

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

This rough experimental house was created by flooding a dirt hill with concrete.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

A Netherlands hotel where you can sleep inside a wine barrel.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

One of the highest emergency huts in the world has been waiting almost a century to give imperiled climbers a place to lie down.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.

This colorful artistic feature atop a Danish art gallery allows visitors to stroll through a rainbow.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.

Immortalized by artists, this church incorporates a medieval lighthouse into its shoreside structure.