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Spheres

Norwich, Connecticut

Norwich Horton Sphere

Abandoned 37.5' diameter rusted metal sphere sitting in the woods.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Monumental Stone Sphere

A perfectly crafted Pre-Columbian artifact dating back to 600 CE.

roadside attractions

Podcast: Great Balls of Twine with the Places Team

A special guest adds an additional tangle to the tale.

The Podcast Team March 27, 2023

Case a Igloo

Case a Igloo

In the 1940s, Italian architect Mario Cavallè built a dozen of these round homes in northern Milan.

Kuwait City, Kuwait

Kuwait Water Towers

Kuwait City's uniquely designed water towers look straight out of a retro sci-fi cityscape.

World's largest Hoberman Sphere in Estonia.

World’s Largest Hoberman Sphere

The enormous isokinetic structure hangs within a science center in Estonia.

Bolwoningen.

's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Bolwoningen

This neighborhood of futuristic ball houses looks like an alien settlement in a science fiction film.

Magic Sphere of Helios

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

One-Million-Liter Test Sphere in 2001.

Frederick, Maryland

One-Million-Liter Test Sphere

This four-story steel sphere in Maryland was used to test biological weapons.

Amazon Spheres from Doppler.

Seattle, Washington

Amazon Spheres

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

The atrium.

Tianjin Binhai Library

China’s breathtaking futuristic library is lined floor to ceiling with fake books.

Arctic Circle Marker

A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.

The spherical boulders at Rock City in Kansas can get up to nearly 30 feet across.

How Nature Creates Uncannily Spherical Boulders

There's a geological phenomenon behind exceptionally round rocks.

Meg Neal October 2, 2017

Egg-like rocks in China.

What's Causing These Egg-Shaped Rocks to Form on a Cliff in China?

Locals collect them for good luck.

Sarah Laskow September 13, 2017

The gasometer is one of the oldest in the world.

Siegen, Germany

Ziegenberg Gasometer

One of the only spherical 19th century gas containers left today.

The Barnes grave.

Ashmore, Illinois

St. Omer Cemetery Witch Grave

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

135 ft Peachoid water tower

Gaffney, South Carolina

Gaffney Peachoid

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

Montreal, Québec

Biosphere of Montreal

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.