Şemsi Pasha Mosque in İstanbul, Turkey

An Ottoman-era mosque looking over the Black Sea.#architecturaloddities #ottoman #mosques #section-Atlas
Şemsi Pasha Mosque

Puente de la Culebra (Snake Bridge) in Madrid, Spain

A unique Baroque bridge preserved in Madrid's largest public park.#architecturaloddities #bridges #section-Atlas
Puente de la Culebra (Snake Bridge)

Belvedere do Grinfo in Petrópolis, Brazil

This spaceship-like structure was once a popular roadside restaurant.#abandoned #disco #architecture #architecturaloddities #highways #roadsideattractions #section-Atlas
Belvedere do Grinfo

Wrightstown Schoolhouse in Newtown, Pennsylvania

This 1802 building is the last remaining octagonal schoolhouse in Bucks County.#education #architecturaloddities #schools #section-Atlas
Wrightstown Schoolhouse

Choux de Créteil in Créteil, France

A cluster of cylindrical apartment buildings nod to the city’s vegital past.#architecturaloddities #apartment #architecture #section-Atlas
Choux de Créteil

Santuario de la Virgen de Jaraba in Jaraba, Spain

A medieval shrine set into a towering canyon wall.#baroque #chapel #naturalwonders #architecture #architecturaloddities #medieval #christianity #relics #shrines #canyons #section-Atlas
Santuario de la Virgen de Jaraba

Tsukiji Hongan-ji Temple in Tokyo, Japan

A grand Buddhist temple with Indian influences.#religion #architecturaloddities #architecture #temples #buddhism #section-Atlas
Tsukiji Hongan-ji Temple

Hiorns Tower in West Sussex, England

This 18th-century "castle" is not what it seems.#royalty #castles #architecturaloddities #section-Atlas
Hiorns Tower

National Monument of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland

A never-finished memorial to the heroes of the Napoleonic War has become "Scotland's Folly."#follies #architecture #architecturaloddities #section-Atlas
National Monument of Scotland

Triple Bridge in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Inspired by the Rialto Bridge in Venice, these three clustered bridges were just one part of a Slovenian architect’s grand vision.#architecturaloddities #architecture #bridges #section-Atlas
Triple Bridge

Temple Bar in London, England

After one of London's most iconic city gates was dismantled, it took a wealthy brewer and a larger movement to get it back.#architecturaloddities #architecture #section-Atlas
Temple Bar

Palazzina Cinese in Palermo, Italy

This palace offers an 18th-century European take on Chinese design and architecture.#pagodas #architecturaloddities #section-Atlas
Palazzina Cinese

Duwisib Castle in Alt Duwisib, Namibia

A German “baron” built this castle for his wife, but their romance was short-lived.#eccentrichomes #architecture #architecturaloddities #castles #section-Atlas
Duwisib Castle

Maison Troglodyte in Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé, France

A cozy, cave-like home hidden in the French countryside.#architecturaloddities #houses #section-Atlas
Maison Troglodyte

Mersey Tunnel Pharaoh in Liverpool, England

On the outside of the Mersey Tunnels, an Art Deco sculpture of an Egyptian Pharaoh wears goggles and racing gear.#infrastructure #tunnels #statues #architecturaloddities #artdeco #ancientegypt #section-Atlas
Mersey Tunnel Pharaoh

Bendhu in Ballintoy, Northern Ireland

Being surrounded by typical buildings just makes this uniquely modernist house stand out even more.#houses #architecturaloddities #architecture #section-Atlas
Bendhu

Malmö Spetsbunker (Malmö Winkel Tower) in Malmö, Sweden

This cone-shaped bomb shelter, modeled on German design, is a rare WWII relic that never saw use but still looms over the harbor.#architecturaloddities #bunkers #warhistory #worldwarii #section-Atlas
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SS Blinky Jr. in Casa Grande, Arizona

Over 100 miles from the ocean, this ship-shaped building was built in honor of the owner's sailor son.#buildings #ships #architecturaloddities #section-Atlas
SS Blinky Jr.

Saint Nikolaos of Vouliagmeni in Vouliagmeni, Greece

Past the megayachts in the hyper-modern marina of Vouliagmeni is a small, well-hidden chapel adorned with pebbles and maritime imagery.#architecturaloddities #chapel #churches #section-Atlas
Saint Nikolaos of Vouliagmeni