Architectural Oddities

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

An undulating wicker beast looms peacefully atop a sand dune in Belgium.

The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

This one-of-a-kind archeological site is home to strange prehistoric ruins, the original use of which is still a mystery.

A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.

An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.