A Scottish Pineapple - http://gillonj.tripod.com/ascottishpineapple/
J.K. Gillon's illustrated description and discussion of the inspiration for the Dunmore Pineapple garden folly, built in 1761. |
Giant Shoe - http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2202
Roadside America takes a look at houses shaped like giant shoes in Pennsylvania and California: history, description and images. |
Longaberger Office Building - http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/US/OH/NewarkLongaberger.html
Glass, Steel and Stone provides a photograph and brief description of this 1997 building in Newark, Ohio, in the shape of a basket, headquarters of a firm that makes baskets. |
Lucy the Elephant - http://www.jerseyboardwalk.com/lucy.htm
Photograph and brief history of this timber-built elephant in New Jersey from the Boardwalk catalog. |
Oakley Interplanetary Headquarters - http://americahurrah.com/Oakley/Entry.htm
America Hurrah hosts photographs of this extraordinary building in California designed by company president Colin Baden with a spaceship-like centrepiece. |
Statue of Liberty - http://www.nps.gov/stli/prod02.htm
An illustrated history, statistics and visitor information from the US National Park Service for this landmark designed by sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi and completed in 1886. |
The Big Duck - http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2173
An illustrated history from Roadside America of the roadside farmstand in Long Island, United States, shaped like a duck to advertise that ducks and duck-eggs were sold there. |
The Big Duck - http://fortuna.home.pipeline.com/cafe-compendium/duck.htm
Illustrated description and history by Kathy Biehl of this building shaped like a duck on Route 24, in the care of Friends of Long Island's Heritage. |
The Shoe House - http://fortuna.home.pipeline.com/cafe-compendium/shoe.htm
Brief illustrated history and description by Kathy Biehl of a house shaped like a shoe built by a shoe magnate in 1948 in Hallam, Pennsylvania. |
Wigwam Motel - http://www.wigwammotel.com/
Boasts unique 'americana' architecture in the form of concrete teepees. Includes pictures, history, and typical motel information. Rialto, California. |