Novelty Architecture

This L.A. fixture has been serving hot dogs out of a giant hot dog since 1946.

Its tremendous toad is actually a five-story museum and viewing platform.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

This early 20th-century former train station’s unusual roof shape earned it a rather witchy name.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

A flamboyant five-story building in Bulgaria resembles a crawling snail.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.

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

A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

Everything about this over-size novelty animal is huge including its testicles.