Making a building unusual always breaks up the monotony of row after row of houses. But if you look up at some of the boring houses you might just get lucky and see one of these more unusual chimneys. But why crank your neck when you could just look at this lot…

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While there are quite a few twisted style chimney stacks, none look this good. This is very tall as well, I guess to make it look better or maybe to complete the twist.

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Personally, I would have wanted the dragon’s mouth going upwards to imitate the smoke coming out of its mouth. But I suppose it looks look amazing.

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If Santa felt like a more balmy climate after spending all year in the North Pole, he could visit the beautiful chimneys at Palau Guell in Barcelona. These brightly coloured chimneys by Gaudi would certainly brighten his night.

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You will find most of these chimneys belong to stately homes and old mansions. It was more of a signature of sorts for the architect of the main structure.

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All over Spain, there are strange and unusual chimneys to find and not all of them located on points of interest, theses ones are on a residential block!

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What I love about the chimneys of Holkham Hall is that they are all different. A different pattern and style on each one.

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This is more of an art installation than anything else people might live it. But as far as chimney shapes go, this is one of the strangest.

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It doesn’t need an unusual shape to stand out, just a simple lick of black and white paint can make it stand out from the rest.

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This is a Brick Awards 2011 Finalist and was designed and made by Emma Simpson. It sure is very impressive indeed.

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Rudolf Steiner is a Philosopher, social reformer, architect and esotericist. He is also the maker of a chimney that is more interesting (and taller) than the house! I would imagine this is a chimney cleaners nightmare!