Architectural Oddities

A mosque with distinctive modern features.

In West Virginia, you can walk across the longest single-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.

Soak in the sacred vibes at this beloved food and coffee hangout inside a former church.

An Ottoman-era mosque looking over the Black Sea.

A unique Baroque bridge preserved in Madrid's largest public park.

This spaceship-like structure was once a popular roadside restaurant.

This 1802 building is the last remaining octagonal schoolhouse in Bucks County.

A cluster of cylindrical apartment buildings nod to the city’s vegital past.

A medieval shrine set into a towering canyon wall.

A grand Buddhist temple with Indian influences.

This 18th-century "castle" is not what it seems.

A striking church with a Tolkien-inspired nickname.

A never-finished memorial to the heroes of the Napoleonic War has become "Scotland's Folly."

Inspired by the Rialto Bridge in Venice, these three clustered bridges were just one part of a Slovenian architect’s grand vision.

Over several decades, one of London’s most iconic city gates was dismantled, moved out of the city, and then moved back.

This palace offers an 18th-century European take on Chinese design and architecture.

A German “baron” built this castle for his wife, but their romance was short-lived.

A cozy, cave-like home hidden in the French countryside.