Architectural Oddities in the United States

Over 100 miles from the ocean, this ship-shaped building was built in honor of the owner's sailor son.

The only dome home to be owned or occupied by dome inventor Buckminster Fuller.

A stone hut overlooking a picturesque bay once hosted picnics for the wealthy Gribbel family.

The best revenge is a five-tiered layer cake of a dwelling.

This historic suspension bridge is one of three remaining swinging bridges in Michigan, and one of the few swinging bridges left in North America.

An interim housing alternative to FEMA trailers that is designed for densely populated areas during recovery and rebuilding following a natural disaster.

This octagonal rotary jail built in 1889 now serves as a visitor's center.

A 30-foot-tall goat tower in central Illinois is home to a herd of Swiss ungulates.

A neighborhood of houses made of poured concrete through a process invented by Thomas Edison.

Locally known as the "Onion” and the "Egg Beater,” Casper’s most recognizable buildings are beloved local landmarks to many, and eyesores to others.

At this site, two historic stone bridges spanning the Sing Sing Kill—one right on top of the other.

This rowhouse doubles as one of the most photographed spots in the nation's capital.

This large garden vase urn has nothing to do with the seventh U.S. President—it was designed by one landscape designer to honor another landscape designer's contributions to the National Mall.

This 19th-century house museum features a horse-drawn hearse and other antique oddities.

This unassuimng grain elevator, commonly confused for a smokestack, helped inspire the modern architecture movement.

A Route 66 filling station that was designed to resemble the Hagia Sophia, and is now the symbol of an arts district.