In 1907, Lino Bueno had a job to do. At first it seemed simple enough: excavate some of the soft, rich limestone from the nearby hillsides to create municipal buildings for the city he lived in.... »

Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes, Follies and Grottoes, Outsider Architecture, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Piedrasmagicas, Mark_Casey and others

The distinctive designs of modernist architect Antoni Gaudi can be seen all over Spain, and are admired and studied by artists, architects, and the general public alike. His passions were... »

Architectural Oddities, Follies and Grottoes, Horticultural Marvels, Outsider Architecture | Edited by serflac, Rachel and others

It takes a truly special set of circumstances to turn sewage into a landmark. Or, more appropriately, to turn the path it takes to sewage heaven into a landmark. Large cities have elaborate sewer... »

Architectural Oddities, Follies and Grottoes, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Mark_Casey, Rachel and others

Freshwater and Florida isn't always a combination that conjures good feelings among the locals. More often than not, Floridians identify freshwater with swampland, mosquitos, snakes and alligators... »

Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders, Geological Oddities, Curious Caves, Follies and Grottoes | Edited by Mark_Casey and Rachel

Artist Doris Needham and her husband Ernest needed a place to put her hand-sculpted cement creations, so they bought a forest and filled it with enchanted figures from fairytales and nursery... »

Strange Statues, Follies and Grottoes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by elinar, Rachel and others

In 1929, Paul and Matilda Wegner retired to their farm outside Cataract, Wisconsin. Although neither was an artist by trade, they were inspired, after seeing a home-made grotto in Dickeyville, to... »

Architectural Oddities, Follies and Grottoes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by serflac and atimian

It's not uncommon to find the once-great medieval castles of Europe crumbling under the weight of invasion, weather and time. In that sense Taródi Vár seems to blend in along Hungary's border with... »

Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes, Follies and Grottoes | Edited by serflac and atimian

Just 23 miles west of Austin--a city known for its quirks and weirdness--is perhaps the weirdest sight in all of Texas: a breathtaking natural oasis emerging out of the desert dust and scrub... »

Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders, Geological Oddities, Curious Caves, Follies and Grottoes | Edited by Mark_Casey and atimian

Before the rise of 21st century Mexican drug kingpins, and severed heads in the desert, the Mexican Underworld had a significantly different meaning. Instead of accessing the Underworld through a... »

Watery Wonders, Curious Caves, Follies and Grottoes, Subterranean Sites | Edited by serflac and atimian

"None but a poet could have made such a garden" wrote Dr. Samuel Johnson of Scott's Grotto. Begun in the 1760s by Quaker, poet and businessman John Scott, the shell grotto was a fashionable... »

Follies and Grottoes, Outsider Architecture, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Rubbah and Dylan