Architectural Oddities

A house built specifically to shelter the dead.

This remote Scottish island has the only round church in the nation.

This "Atomic Egg" appears on the city of Garching's coat of arms.

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

A steeple in the shape of a golden hand pointing straight up commemorates Zebulun Butler, the first full-time pastor of this Mississippi church.

With a facade that measures just 107 centimeters, this five-story building is one of the skinniest in Europe.

Once named the “world’s oldest gas station” due to its unusual construction material.

Inside the simple black-and-white exterior of Église Sainte-Cécile hides a pastel wonderland.

This round structure dotted with portals is one of several pieces scattered throughout Lancashire.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

These rose marble urinals are the most luxurious loos in Liverpool.

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.

A spiralling hourglass-shaped tower rises from the forests in Denmark.