I found this page of unusual articles in which may be, could not be found in any standard encyclopedias. These articles contain some form of stimulation of creativity of unrelated concepts, that most people would find it odd or peculiar. Here are some odd places, infrastructures, about odd places in America, Africa, Antartica and many more.
1) Folly, architectural buildings prized for their uselessness.
Dunmore Pineapple in Scotland
The Dunmore Pineapple folly in Scotland, ranked as the most bizarre building located in Dunmore Park, and considered as one of the architectural wonders in Scotland. Pineapple became a rare delicacy in Europe, and was first discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493, on the Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe. Pineapple became a symbolic of power, hospitality and wealth, thus used as motif by architects, artisans and craftsman as decoration.
Swallow;s Nest, near Yalta, Southern Ukraine
Swallow’s Nest castle, overlooking Cape Al-Todor
the original wooden Swallow’s Nest castle before the 1927 strong earthquake
The most popular tourist attraction in Crimea is the Swallow’s Nest, built between 1911 and 192 in Gaspra , on top top of the 130 feet high Aurora cliff. The Neo-Gothic designed castle, by Russian architect, Leonid Sherwood, overlooking the Cappe of Ai-Todor of the Black Sea. Similar to this is the Foros Church on the outskirts of Yalta in the Crimea, also a tourists destination, overlooking the Black Sea.
Foros Church in Yalta, located on top of the Red Cliff
Foros Church overlooking the Black Sea, Crimea, Ukraine
Other Folly
Bishop Castle, folly located in Wet Mountains of Southern Colorado
The Wonderful Barn folly in Celbridge, Ireland
2) Gravity Hill or Magnetic Hill
Boone, North Carolina Gravity Hill
Spook Hill, a gravity hill in Lake Wales, Florida
Mystery Spot gravity hill in Santa Cruz, California
Illusion at Mystery Spot, Santa Cruz, California (gravity inside)
Magnetic hill in Ladakh, India
Magnetic Hill, Orroroo, South Australia
3) Spite House or Building, built to irritate neighbors or other parties with land stakes. Some people look at this spike house as an eyesore.
Spite house located in Boston, Massachusetts
Millennium Dome on Greenwich Peninsula,South East London
Federation Square in Melbourne Australia
4) Parking Chair
Snow Parking chair
Parking chair, most common scene in Pittsburgh
5) Free Stamp, Williard Park, Cleveland City
Free Stamp, Williard Park in Cleveland City
6) Butt Hole Road ,Doncaster,England
Butt Hole Road
Tickle Cock Bridge Castleford, England
Gropecunt Lane, now known as Magpie Lane in Oxford, England
7) Mill Ends Park, Smallest Park in the World, Portland, Oregon
Mill Ends Park in summer 2004
Mill Ends Park 2007
Mill Ends Park, Autumn
St Patrick’s Day in honor of the leprechauns
Action Park Vernon Township, New Jersey
Action Park looping water slide
Alpine Slide in Action Park, 1986
Action Park Pool
Tidal wave pool
Whitewater Canoe
9) Weird and Unusual Architectures
Ferdinand Cheval’s dream Castle, a postman from France
Ferdinand Cheval’s Mausoleum
Ferdinand Cheval, stumbled in this unusual shaped-stone, where his dream castle design began
Friedensreich Hundertwasser designed Hot Springs Bad Blumau Austria
Friedensreich Hundertwasser designed Germany’s Magdeburg Hundertwasserhaus
Simon Rodia built the Watts Tower , now a landmark in Los Angeles
Justo Gallego’s Cathedral
10) Jerimoth Hill, Rhode Island, United States
Jerimoth Hill along Route 101, this is not the actual highpoint
Jerimoth Hill, Rhode Island United States
11) Badlands Guardian or Indian Head
Badlands Guardian Aerial view
Badlands Guardian or Indian Head
Badlands Guardian
12) Cardrona Bra Fence Central Otago, New Zealand
Cardrona Bra Fence in 2002, New Zealand
Cardrona Bra Fence, Central Otago, New Zealand
13) Mojave Phone Booth
Mojave Phone Booth
The Mojave phone booth, odd thing is that this phone booth is in the middle of a desert.
Mary Ellis Grave, Parking Lot in New Jersey
Mary Ellis grave now sits 7ft above parking lot in New Brunswick,New Jersey 1750 to 1827
14) Coober Pedy ,South Australia the underground town
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Coober Pedy, entrance to the Underground world, Australia
Coober Pedy underground town
Coober Pedy underground house
15) Baarle-Nassau ,Netherlands bordering Baarle-Hertog, Belgium
Cafe in Baarle-Nassau, showing border between Belgium and Netherlands
Baarle-Nassau former railway station, Netherlands
Baarle-Hertog, Belgium
Baarte-Hertog former town hall, Belgium
Le Perthus, Languedoc-Roussillon, France (right) and Els Limit, rpovince of Girona,Catalonia,Spainn (right)
Le Perthus Languedoc-Roussillon (France) (Left Side), Els Limit, province of Girona, Catalonia, in Spain (Right side)
Le perthus right “”Avenue de France” and Els limits left, “Avinguda d’Espanya”
Els Limits right side and Le Perthus, left side, sounthern Frontier Line
16) Brennender Berg, Germany, Coal Seam fire
Brennender Berg, Germany, burning mountain
Mount Wingen, or Burning Mountain, New South Wales, Australia
Mount Wingen or Burning Mountain, New South Wales, Australia
17) Forest Swastika , Northeastern Germany
Swastika Tree, forest in northeastern Germany (Nazi form)
The forest swastika is a gigantic swastika in a German forest …
18) Paul Octopus, the Oracle octopus
Paul the Octopus, picks Spain over Holland in World Cup Final 2010
Paul picks Germany over Uruguay on July 9,2010
Paul Octopus, predicts the 2010FIFA World Cup
Paul the Octopus, is the oracle octopus born on January 26, 2008, an ordinary octopus from Weymouth, Engaland, and lived in a tank in the Sea Life Center in Oberhausen, Germany, and was internationally known for hispredictionof the national football teams seven matches in the 2010 FIFA World Cup and its finals.
Henry the Hexapus, six legged octopus
19) Military Animals
Nils Olav, King Penguin, Colonel in Chief Norway Royal Guard
King Penguin, Nils Olav, Colonel in Chief Norway Royal Guard.
Gambian pouched rat trained to detect mines
Emins Pouched Rat, trained to detect landmines
Gambian Pouched rat, trained to detect landmines.
William Windsor, the Military goat, Lance Corporal of British Army
William Windsor or Billy, a Kashmir goat, with Army number 25232201.
20) Weird and Unusual Vegetable Shapes
Unusual and weird shaped Cherry
weird and unusual Cherry with outgrowth
Unusual entwined carrots
Unusual twin-Zucchini
weird and unusual eggplant shape
weird shaped Tomato
weird, unusual naughty Chillies
weird strawberry
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