Outsider Architecture

One-layer pyramid in Indiana.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

North Korea's massive "hotel of doom."

The world's most elegant power lines.

In DeWitt, New York, a blanket-wrapped gas station makes a creative statement on global dependence on oil.

Creaky dinosaurs grow in the backroads of Monmouth County, New Jersey.

The only tower of an aerial tramway standing over a ski-lift.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

A miniature world of concrete and stone in Springfield, Ohio.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

The metal-free wooden towers of Brück.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

Gliwice Radio Tower, likely the tallest wooden structure in the world.