20 Most Unusual Buildings With Extraordinary Design

Some of the most beautiful and luxurious buildings in the world are meant to resemble the shapes of nature like flowers and bird’s nests. But there are also those nature-inspired buildings that take the inspiration more literally, as they really look just like the objects and animals they are inspired by, be it a picnic basket, a koala, a teapot, or a dog. Here are 20 hilarious buildings around the world that look nothing like an ordinary house. One could even say that these buildings are having somewhat of an identity crisis.

1. The world’s largest picnic basket was built by The Longaberger Company, a handcrafted maple wood basket company

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2. The Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward, Wisconsin

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3. The “Goodest” Boy is located in Tirau, New Zealand

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4. The Museum of Tea Culture in Meitan, China is shaped like a teapot and a teacup

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5. The pineapple-shaped Dunmore Pineapple is known as “as the most bizarre building in Scotland”

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6. The Big Bull in Wauchope, Australia, was a viewing platform shaped like a bull (torn down in 2007)

7. This enormous oyster-shaped building is located in Taree, Australia

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8. These twin buildings in Franklin, Indiana, look like a chest of drawers

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9. A Twistee Treat ice cream shop in Hudson, Florida. There are several of these ice cream cone-shaped shops across the US

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10. A Coffee Pot shaped filling station and lunchroom near Scottsburg, Indiana (built-in 1928 and destroyed in 1958)

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