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We're all familiar with how many bizarre food flavors exist in today's world. I figured the same basic thread could be made for architecture.
The advantage to strange/interesting architecture over food is that it isn't subject to last only as long as the food does; buildings can last for many years, so theoretically you could visit just about any one of the buildings that will be posted in this thread without worrying about them being gone forever.
What strange/interesting buildings have you come across?
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These are some examples I found interesting:
This is called the device To Root Out Evil in Vancouver
This is Manchester Civil Justice Centre in well Manchester UK
And this is Chapel In Rock In Arizona
And this is called Atomium in Brussels Belgium
"Hey kids, do you know what the tallest building in San Francisco is?"
"Is it the Bank of America building/555 California Street, at a hight of 779 feet?"
"Good guess, but you're wrong!"
"Is it the Transamerica Pyramid, at a height of 853 feet?"
"Hahaha, no, you dumb kids! It's Sutro Tower, standing at a height of 981 feet!"
"See kids, here it is photo-bombing the Golden Gate Bridge!"
"A radio mast? That's not fair. You're the worst teacher ever, Mr Ernie!"
Boeing Everett Factory. Worlds largest building by volume (472,370,319 cu ft). It covers 98.3 acres, is 2952 feet wide, and is 1624 long. Pretty impressive.
"Hahaha, no, you dumb kids! It's Sutro Tower, standing at a height of 981 feet!"
LoL, if my teachers talked like this, I would probably enjoy school a lot more.
Worlds largest building by volume
Give Crystal Island a few more years to resume its construction and eventually it will outshine the aeroplane factory.
Pfft, no airplane factory or hypothetical crystal structure will ever have as much floorspace as Eugene Tsui's Ultima Tower.
The downside to this magnificent work of architecture is, it doesn't exist. However, that does not stop it from being one of the most awesome building ideas ever.
Read more on the Ultima Tower.
What we can expect to see in the near future, however, is the completion of Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 
It's estimated that the building will be finished by 2018. If it's still the tallest building in the world when it's completed, we'll know just how lazy tall-building architects really have become.
the stock exchange tower (Tour de la Bourse) in Montreal is my favorite
That is a beautiful tower. It has a very clean, sleek look to it. Hard to find that in a building these days.
Nor are either of them anywhere near as suggestive looking.
Look at the Agbar Tower on page 5 and then tell me that the Ultima Tower is suggestive.
However, the Ypsilanti Water Tower definitely takes the cake in terms of suggestiveness.
I cannot think of any jokes to make about that tower, unfortunately, but this sculpture in Spain is definitely a runner up.
Yes, yes....phallic structures, obvious suggestive jokes. Bahaha.
Anyway, switching gears here, I would like to introduce you all to Derinkuyu: The Underground City. Normally I don't advocate for reading details, but the brief description this Wikipedia article gives you a basic idea of what an amazing architectural feat Derinkuyu really is.
Ancient Aliens is more in-depth about it, but it also theorizes about aliens and whatnot and I know there are people here who aren't interested in hearing about stuff like that.