The World's Pettiest Places

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22 Places

Newbury, Massachusetts

Plum Island Pink House

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

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Beirut, Lebanon

The Grudge (Al Ba’sa)

Beirut's thinnest building was the result of feuding brothers.

Added by Ashawnta

New York, New York

Hess Triangle

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

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Seattle, Washington

Montlake Spite House

This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.

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Alexandria, Virginia

Hollensbury Spite House

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

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Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo Spite House

Inat Kuća, or "House of Spite," is more than just an oddly named restaurant.

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Boston, Massachusetts

Skinny House

Narrowest house in Boston.

Alameda, California

Alameda Spite House

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

O'Reilly Spite House

This is the house that spite built.

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Toronto, Ontario

Toronto's Half House

Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.

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Žagarė, Lithuania

Pan House

What almost started out as a spite house became an eccentric's found object masterpiece.

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London, England

The Dove

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

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Fountain of Neptune

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

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Inokashira Park Benzaiten Shrine

Legend says the goddess this shrine honors curses any couples that pass by.

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Porto, Portugal

Carmo and Carmelitas Churches

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

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Jajepura, India

Chambal River

An ancient curse kept humans from living on the water, and now it's brimming with rare wildlife and is one of the most pristine rivers in India.

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Milford, Connecticut

Charles Island

This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.

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Fairbanks, Alaska

Engineers Tradition Stone

A sarcastic monument threatens to curse any "idiot" who dares remove it.

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Manchester, England

Statue of Michael Jackson

Fulham F.C. imploded once everyone excised its giant, hated tribute to the King of Pop.

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Added by paulypaul

Agios Tychon, Cyprus

Ancient Sex Curse of Cyprus

Sex curse discovered on ancient tablet in Cyprus.

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Bucksport, Maine

Cursed Memorial of Colonel Buck

Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.

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New Orleans, Louisiana

Moriarty Monument

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

Added by Rachel Gould