Top 10 Strangest Buildings

When I was a kid, we travelled to Prague with my grandparents every year. Remember watching the construction works on the TV tower... Later, after the year 2000, I moved to Prague to study and the tower was always the 1st place to visit when I had a girl visiting me. People already get used to it... Now, I can't imagine Prague without the Žižkov Tower.

[@giovanni2585]

That's cute

[@patriciayoung3267]

Thanks for the inside info on the "Egg". I live near Albany and this is a stand-out construction that has always been popular with the public. It gives the city an interesting vibe and the entire Plaza, where it stands, is quite the tourist attraction with many facinating sculptures.

[@muzluv33]

I do agree about the Ziskov tower - it truly is an eyesore in architecturally beautiful Prague. It literally is a sore thumb. But the other buildings are amusing in their own way. I actually like the Atomium in Brussels - been there and enjoyed it. It is quite a way out from the city center if I remember correctly so you really have to want to see it to make the trip.

[@davidcraig7903]

I applaud your channel! You are creating very interesting content, with many interesting and surprising choices. You are probably not hurting for ideas, but here are two or three: 10 most anthropomorphic structures in US, 10 best Egyptian Revival edifices in US, 10 slenderest buildings in US. Keep up the good work. It is appreciated!

[@SFNightOwl]

That Longaberger is a real basket case.

[@BuildingTales]

Definitely!

[@aoilpe]

You see, the Lloyds building reminds me of the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers had the same thoughts in the 1970’s…

[@michaelwhite2823]

Another fascinating and educational video. Cool channel.

[@BuildingTales]

Thanks! Really appreciate the support!

[@bricebonesteel]

saw the egg and clicked immediately 🔥🔥 albany stand up

[@N_g_er]

Too many blacks in skanky

[@mityace]

There are also Wonderworks building in Branson, MO; Pigeon Forge, TN; Panama City, FL; and Orlando, FL.

[@boxsterman77]

Oh yeah. The faceless babies were just the right touch for that monstrosity.

[@cardi-jo]

That tower in Prague! 🤦🏻‍♀️ Love these videos!

[@BuildingTales]

Thanks!!

[@76horsepower]

I live about 45 minutes from the Longaberger basket building in Newark, Ohio and had the pleasure of working in it on a contract job some years ago. During Longaberger’s heyday it was no less controversial, but it was beautiful inside and out, and is much larger than expected when it comes into view while driving there.

[@kevinmcshea6373]

Love theZIZ TOWER

[@retrofuturistic8]

You missed the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City. Should've made the list. BTW: There are other sculptures in Prague of those crawling babies from artist David Cerny. The best ones are along the Vltava River, across from the Old Town. The Zizkov Television Tower may be an ugly eyesore, but David Cerny's babies creepy creeping babies are awesome in a whimsically nightmarish sort of way.

[@NeilDeal2023]

Great video! Thanks! A ton of material to research further. 🤔

[@BuildingTales]

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

[@UlliStein]

Zizkow Tower and the dancing house are the most creative buildings of Prague. Frank Gehry is a great artist.

[@opathe2nd973]

Love it! Us Yanks aren't the only weirdos in the world! Terrific video

[@BuildingTales]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ithikacerise]

The algorithm knows I’ll click when I see the egg 🥚 😅

[@aaronmccracken7351]

#8 - WTF those babies 😂

[@BuildingTales]

Such a bizarre addition haha

[@SingleatChurch]

There is also a upside down wonder works in Branson, Mo not sure if it is as big as the one in SC you talked about.

[@littlewillie65]

And don't forget the front half of the Titanic down the street, and the collapsing Ripley's believe it or Not museum (which houses a matchstick model of the USS Forest Fire -- I mean the USS Forestal (isn't it ironic))...

[@fixpacifica]

I love the Zizkov Tower.

[@brobbus0-dl6vl]

Those faceless babies climbing the tower are horrendous.

[@BuildingTales]

Agreed!

[@Josh-yr7gd]

Cool buildings. Thanks for sharing.

[@BuildingTales]

Thanks for watching!

[@brobbus0-dl6vl]

As for #10, I'll never, EVER understand architects' fascination with exposed, unpainted concrete. It's ugly, and gets even uglier as times goes by. They seem to be the only ones who like it, too: I have never heard one single person saying they like walls with exposed concrete. What is up with that?

[@benwahl3989]

#10 might look better if it had a red brick facade with ivy crawling up the walls and the picnic basket, could it be renovated into a hotel or apartments?

[@Bobrogers99]

Some of the more bizarre structures are not efficient to use, and over time they may prove to be expensive to maintain.

[@joeylawn36111]

3:02 That's not really that Creepy, is it? Umm, YES it is.... 🤔🤨😵‍💫

[@IVWOR]

Цікаве та пізнавальне відео. Дякую 👍

[@BuildingTales]

Appreciate it! Thanks for watching!

[@LaViejaLinda]

#10 You have no idea what an eye sore this “castle” is. This apartment is in Grandville, Michigan a vicinity of Grand Rapids. There are no other tall buildings so as you drive down I96 it suddenly appears and it looks hideous. By the way, it is not affordable.

[@TheWokeWarlock]

You make it sound like they just unceremoniously ripped up the graveyard and dumped it all in a pile outside of town. In reality, they were carefully and very ceremonially MOVED to a new cemetery, preserving and restoring headstones in the process. Words matter. You should choose yours more carefully…

[@BuildingTales]

So you agree they dug up a cemetery to build a tower, not sure where we disagree…

[@TheWokeWarlock]

@@BuildingTales don’t be obtuse to support a narrative. You state: “Unceremoniously dug up, and Hauled away” Which inherently implies mishandling or desecration of said graveyard. Which isn’t the case. Graveyards have been moved since antiquity. It isn’t a new phenomenon. When moved, it is done with care, precision, and with preservation and restoration in mind. Just because you may disagree with the moving of said graveyard, does not mean it was done with malice or disregard. We don’t disagree on the historical record, we disagree on the substantive message of that one section of your video. But it is your video, and therefore your narrative. Just don’t be obtuse to support it…

[@TheWokeWarlock]

@@BuildingTales overall great video 👍🏼 you included several structures that usually don’t make these lists and I thought your top 10 was super solid.

[@kurtwillig4230]

The Fisheries building in S Korea shaped like a giant fish.

[@noodengr3three825]

I have only seen one up close. The basket in Ohio. I have been to Prague but don't remember seeing that ugly tower

[@timweather3847]

Strange, that. My wife and I had two nights in Prague 11 years ago and I don’t remember it either. Perhaps my brain found it so hideous that it automatically deleted the memory.

[@philipbrazill2155]

Part 2 please

[@BuildingTales]

In the works! If you have any suggestions for it, send them my way!

[@philipbrazill2155]

@BuildingTales there's the pants building in Beijing to start with

[@Arkelk2010]

The Lloyd's Building with its inside out concept reminds me of the Pompidou Center in Paris.

[@imilliemedina666]

Where's Lucy the Elephant?

[@suds777]

“Iconic”.

[@BuildingTales]

Elaborate...

[@garryferrington811]

"Landmark shruksher?" Damn, that's hard to say!

[@artwerksDallas]

2 ideas for your channel ID find interesting. 10 brutalist architectural marvels. And eastern European communist building styles

[@daveweiss5647]

This is incredibly demoralizing to watch... wtf is wrong with modern architects?

[@liamfoley9614]

3:00 faceless babies, no, not creepy in the slightest.

[@Colorado_Native]

Those cubecapartments are the ugliest.

[@michalvalko248]

Check Slovak radio building

[@muzluv33]

Yes that's right! Forgot about that one. In Bratislava, right?

[@michalvalko248]

​@@muzluv33yes

[@alinaanto]

Mostly these are just ugly

[@leewestrope4624]

also labeled as biggest waste of $$