Pyramids

An exact replica of a colossal Olmec head sits atop a pyramid within a Madrid traffic circle.

This Javanese-Hindu temple from the 15th century is unmissable for anyone with even a passing interest in erotic art.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

The pyramid and dome deep inside the Dzūkija forest are believed to channel divine energy.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

This folly built to commemorate an aristocratic victory over Catholic rebellion plays tricks on the eye.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

A folly built to satisfy a gentleman's bet that he could drive his horses through the eye of a needle.

A peculiar family mausoleum built by a German nobleman captivated by the occult.

The ruins of an abandoned cemetery are among the last remnants of the old village of La Boulaye before a wealthy landowner had it relocated.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

On the Irish coast, 18 members of the Howard family are eternally resting in an Egyptian pyramid.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

This burial pyramid in central Ireland is thousands of miles and thousands of years away from its Egyptian inspiration.