Architectural Oddities in the United States

A century-old miner's quarters turned mansion.

A house built specifically to shelter the dead.

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.

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

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

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

Hawai'i's oldest wooden house was shipped around Cape Horn from Boston in 1820.

This colorful gate stands as an entrance to the walled city of Old San Juan.

This unique house, the only one of its kind in Brooklyn, was built as part of a real estate developer's showcase.

These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

This eclectic homestead is home to a miniature windmill and Connecticut's last tollbooth.

This fancifully decorated Victorian home in New York’s Hudson Valley is the only known fully domed octagonal residence in the United States.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

A castle-inspired apartment building that has stood in Birmingham since 1927.