The World's Most Lavish Deserted Structures

5. Ayam Gereja, Indonesia

Location: Indonesia's Magelang Time period: 1990s Price: $240,000 (Land Cost) A interesting church that is now a tourist destination is Gereja Ayam. Located in the Indonesian woodland of Magelang, this enormous church has the shape of a chicken. Gereja Ayam was built in the 1990s by architect Daniel Alamsjah, who claimed to have received a vision from God to erect a church fashioned like a hen.

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Ayam Gereja, Indonesia ©Shutterstock/Michal Hlavica Okay, built to a partial extent. Establishing a chicken church is no easy task, and Alamsjah encountered both local opposition and financial difficulties (the property purchase alone cost $240,000). Before the project was finished, he gave up on it. Because of its unusual shape, Gereja Ayam has become rather famous nowadays and has been in multiple films since the 1990s.