Architecture

The dome-shaped reservoir of this old water tower produces unique acoustic effects.

The Suurhusen church tower in Germany leans over farther than the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa.

A pharmacy built in the shape of a mortar and pestle, now resembles a fancy cocktail.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

Norway's national monument to fallen seamen.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

Climb the dead electric pylons of Messina.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

A 20th-century picture show in 3-D.

A self built castle built by a salt worker in Brazil.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Outsider Art Community.

A towering spire in the fortress of Kalemegdan honors the victorious armies of Serbia during their struggles against the Ottoman Empire.