Architectural Oddities

The god of wine stares out at passersby on this busy Pittsburgh thoroughfare.

A carriage house converted into what resembles an 11th-century English manor house

One of the largest wooden constructions in Europe was meant to be a casino, but soon became an orphanage.

This Bangkok high-rise looks like a rudimentary LEGO elephant.

Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.

Not everything is bigger in Texas.

An unlikely neo-Gothic castle in the Paraguayan countryside.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

A wonderful collection of fossilized dinosaurs and other creatures that roamed the landscape millions of years ago.

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

Fragments of human bones are embedded in the walls of this quaint alley.

Legend says this demonic carving inside a medieval cathedral was one of Satan's minions.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

A mysterious ruin shrouded in more folklore than fact.