Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

A completely round house designed for the Atomic Age.

An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.

In the mid-19th century, an eight-sided house was the latest fad.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.