Wisconsin's 'Most Bizarre Building' Totally Rocks

James Johonnott |

There’s nothing quite like driving along, minding your own business, and finding a house built upside-down along the side of the road. A little weirdness goes a long way in making some character and America has plenty of character. Supercompressor compiled a fantastic list of the most “bizarre” building in each state. Some of these are absolutely unbelievable and range from “what were they thinking” to “how is that legal” to “I want to live in that.” You might be familiar with what they’ve decided is Wisconsin’s most bizarre building – and I have to agree with them.

Opened in 1959, The House on The Rock is truly bizarre. It was designed by Alex Jordan Jr. who took inspiration from Wisconsin’s own Frank Lloyd Wright; one of America’s most unique and prolific architects. A surrealist Disney World of eccentricity and eclectica, the building draws more tourists and visitors than any other location in Wisconsin. The House on the Rock’s twisting, subterranean corridors lead from one oddity to the next, taking visitors from the world’s largest indoor carousel, past a fully automated symphony orchestra, to the infinity room: an engineering marvel that vaults out over 200 feet above the surrounding forest.

Other American architectural oddities featured include a tower in Florida that looks like the Eye of Sauron, abandoned Indiana prison that spun in the ground, a majestic Colorado castle, and my personal favorite: a massive, Tibetan-inspired palace complex in West Virginia.