Architectural Oddities
Possibly our broadest category, it includes among other things: Eccentric and unusual homes, mazes, bizarre ruins, amazing outsider architecture and other strange buildings built by non-architects, the architectural follies of Princes and millionaires, gorgeous and unusual libraries, building and bridges grown from living trees, secret passageways, secret lairs, caves, caverns and buried treasure hordes.
Basically any building, structure, house, church, tunnel, that stops you in your tracks because it is unusual looking, has a bizarre back story, or curious method of creation belongs in architectural oddities. From ancient and mysterious ruins in South America to a Buddhist temple made of beer bottles, to a beautiful solar tower in Spain they all fall under the category of architectural oddities.
Dog Bark Park Inn
Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle
The Last Handwoven Bridge
Keshwa chaca, the last handwoven Incan bridge, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru
Moss Hill Methodist Church
Ancient church constructed with a special wood that preserves prints from the past
Milwaukee Art Museum
This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets
Monument to Humanity, Kars
Unfinished monument to peace between Turkey and Armenia, long divided by a dispute over genocide
Drayton Hall
Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public
Cheomseongdae
Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory
Salvation Mountain
Self-built mound covered in messages of God's love
Wat Mahathat (Temple of the Great Relic)
One of Bangkok's oldest temples and home to Thailand's largest monastic order
Liang Bua cave
Real-life "hobbit" cave in Flores, Indonesia
