Architectural Oddities

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.

A stunning bridge that appears as if it's lunging to the shore, and has a legend of a devilish architect.

A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.

An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.

Home on the Hillside, and home of the first breakfast cereal.

38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

This art deco masterpiece was once a miracle spring mecca but is now simply a government office building.

Surrounded by low rise buildings and partially converted into an auto body shop, this marble archway is the only vestige of a forgotten Manhattan estate.

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

The site of many battles and tragedies, including the 40 maidens who leapt into the sea.

Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.

Longest road tunnel in the world features an air treatment plant and the illusion of daylight.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.