Nikonov's House
Kolokolnaya St., 11, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191025
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses
Jermaine Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses
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Saint Petersburg is famous worldwide for its exquisite historical and classical architecture, magnificent palaces, mansions, and churches. But literally nearby, there can be buildings that seem to break away from the overall concept of the street with their very unusual shapes or unconventional facade designs.
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The House That Managed to Influence the History of the Empire (The Basov House)
pl. Ostrovskogo, 5, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191023
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood — Legends and Myths
Griboedov Canal Embankment, 2B, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Singer House or House of Books
Nevsky Ave., 28, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Egyptian house
Zakharyevskaya St., 23, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191123
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
The building of the "Au Pont Rouge" department store – the first department store in Russia
Moika River Embankment, 73, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190000
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Cathedral Mosque
Kronverksky Ave, 7, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197046
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Trading House of the Eliseevs
Nevsky Ave., 56, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191023
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine Eliseevsky Trading House
Nevsky Ave., 56, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191023
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
The smallest house in St. Petersburg
Gagarinskaya St., 3, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191187
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Anichkov Palace is the oldest surviving building on Nevsky Prospect.
Nevsky Ave., 39, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191023
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Kazan Cathedral - import substitution
Kazan Square, 2, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Church of Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Nevsky Ave., 32-34, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Legends of the Stroganov House
Nevsky Ave., 17, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
The Mansion of the Brusnitsyn Merchants
Kozhevennaya Line, 27, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 199106
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Menshikov Palace
Universitetskaya Embankment, 15, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 199034
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
House with Towers — Rosenstein Income House
Bolshoy Prospekt P.S., 75, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197101
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
The Tear of Socialism. The House of Forgotten Writers
Rubinstein St., 7, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191025
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
The Wawelberg House - a Venetian palazzo
Malaya Morskaya St., 1, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Chesme Church
Lensoveta St, 12, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 196135
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Saltykova's Dacha
TD "Burda Moden, Akademika Krylova St., 4, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197183
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Church of Peter and Paul in Pargolovo
Photo: Asharky, CC BY-SA 3.0
38G5+75 Klypinykh Park, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 194362
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist
Mesmakher's Dacha
15 Vologdina St., Saint Petersburg, Russia, 194362
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
New Peterhof Station Terminal
New Peterhof, Bratyev Gorkushenko St., 9, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 198510
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Gothic Palace Stables
Avrova St., Building 2, Block 7, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 198510
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Gothic Chapel in Peterhof - Church of Alexander Nevsky
VWJJ+8F Petrodvortsovy District, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Lidval. Tolstoy House
Fontanka River Embankment, 54, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191002
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Peterhof Post Office
Saint Petersburg Ave., 15, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 198510
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Lidval. Income House, the Beginning of Northern Art Nouveau in Petersburg
Kamennoostrovsky Ave., 1-3, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197046
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Dacha Gauswald, the first Art Nouveau house in Russia
Bolshaya Alley, 14, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197376
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Kelch Mansion - "New Russians" of the early 20th century
28 Tchaikovsky Street, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191123
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
The House of Buck - Escher's Engraving Realized in Architecture
Kirochnaya St., 24, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191123
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Income House Polezhaev - Carcassonne-on-the-Sands
Starorusskaya St., 5, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191144
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Kshesinskaya's Mansion: How the Ballerina Fought the Bolsheviks
Kronverksky Ave, 1, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197046
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Kavos Income House
Kamennoostrovsky Ave., 24, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197101
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Income House of the First Russian Insurance Society - The House of the Three Benois
Kamennoostrovsky Ave., 26-28, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197101
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Novitsky Plant Office — a magical castle
Sadovaya St., 21a, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191023
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Income House of Sh. Z. Ioffe
Zagorodny Prospekt, 11, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191002
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Income House of the Agricultural Partnership "Landowner"
7th Krasnoarmeyskaya St., 32, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190005
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Russian Bastille - the legendary "Crosses". History, secrets, and legends
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0
Arsenalnaya Embankment, 7, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 195009
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Yelagin Palace
1st Elagin Bridge, 1, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197183
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Annenkirche
Saint Petersburg, Kirochnaya 8 lit V, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191028
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
The Winter Palace's backup house - Sklyayev's house
Palace Embankment, 30, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Palace of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich (House of Scientists)
Palace Embankment, 26, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Lidval. Building of the Azov-Don Bank
Bolshaya Morskaya St., 3-5, 6th floor, office 3, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
German Reformed Church — Palace of Culture of Communications Workers
Bolshaya Morskaya St., 58, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190000
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Grand Hotel Europe
Nevsky Ave., 36, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
"The Ring House" on the Fontanka
Fontanka River Embankment, 92, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191180
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Marble Palace - Konstantinovsky Palace
Millionnaya St., 5/1, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
House of Urban Institutions (City House)
Sadovaya St., 55-57, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190068
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Horse Guards Manege - Central Exhibition Hall
Isaakievskaya Square, 1, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190000
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
S. Yu. Witte Mansion - Andrey Petrov Children's Music School
Kamennoostrovsky Ave, 5, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197046
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Income House of M. M. Gorbov
10 Mira St., Building A, Office 25, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197101
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
The House of the Emir of Bukhara
Kamennoostrovsky Ave., 44B, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197101
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Income House of T. N. Putilova or the House with Owls
Bolshoy Prospekt P.S., 44, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197198
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Building of the A. F. Devriens Publishing House
4th Line V.O., 13, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 199034
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Income House of I. V. von Besser - Commercial and Hotel Complex "Vladimirsky Passage"
Vladimirsky Ave., 19, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191002
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Income House of E. P. Mikhailova on Vvedenskaya
Vvedenskaya St., 7, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197198
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Income House of A. M. Vasilyev
Gatchinskaya St., 11, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197136
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
The Manege of the First Cadet Corps
Universitetskaya Embankment, 11, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 199034
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Glass House or Corn House
Budapest Street, 103/49, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 192283
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Water Tower of the Okhta Paper-Spinning Manufactory
Piskaryovsky Ave, 3, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 195027
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Income House and Merchant Ivanov’s Mansion or the “House with a Peacock”
Bolshaya Porokhovskaya St., 18, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 195176
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Hotel "Angleterre" (from the French Angleterre – England)
Malaya Morskaya St., 24, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190000
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Church "Ark"
Fanerny Lane, 11, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 196643
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
House of V.S. Kanshin
Kuznechny Lane, 6, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197720
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Income House of the Insurance Society "Salamandra"
Gorokhovaya St., 4, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
The mansion of Boguslav Heydenreich on Tchaikovsky Street
32 Tchaikovsky Street, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191123
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Income House Rühl - House of G. G. Block
Nevsky Ave., 65, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191025
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Church of the Holy Trinity "Kulich and Paskha" (Trinity Church)
Obukhovskoy Oborony Avenue, 235, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 192012
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Building of the Bank I. V. Junker and Co.
Nevsky Ave., 12, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
House of the Republic Shkid
Staro-Petergofsky Ave., 19, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190020
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
The House of Princess A. P. Golitsyna
Shpalernaya St., 37, lit. A, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191123
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
The House of Peter I or the Original Palace
Petrovskaya Embankment, 6, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197046
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Summer Palace of Peter I
Adamini House - The Jester's Shelter
Nikolskiy Market (Nikolskiye Rows)
Sadovaya St., 62, Building A, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190068
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Round market - cloudberries for Pushkin
Moika River Embankment, 3, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Apraksin Dvor or Aprashka
Radio House
Malaya Sadovaya St., 2, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191023
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
The Church of Simeon and Anna is one of the oldest churches in Saint Petersburg.
Mokhovaya St., 48, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191028
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Anglican Church of Jesus Christ (on English Embankment)
English Embankment, 56, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190121
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
People's House of Emperor Nicholas II (Opera Hall - "Velikan" Cinema - Music Hall - Shalyapin Musical Theater)
Alexandrovsky Park, 4, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197198
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God of the Vyshny Volochyok Kazan Convent of the Tver Diocese
Maly pr. P.S., 69, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197136
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
The Palace of Dmitry Cantemir (Gromov House)
Millionnaya St., 9, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Naryshkin-Shuvalov Palace (Fabergé Museum)
Fontanka River Embankment, 25, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191023
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Mariinsky Palace
Isaakievskaya Square, 6, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190107
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Smolny Cathedral (Resurrection Cathedral of All Educational Institutions, Smolny Cathedral, Cathedral of the Resurrection of the Word of All Educational Institutions, Resurrection of Christ Smolny Cathedral)
4 Kvarengi Lane, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191060
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Income House Vege
12 Kryukov Canal Embankment, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190068
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
K. K. Greff Mansion - Y. K. Dobbert Mansion
Bolshaya Pushkarskaya St., 9, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197198
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
The House of Countess A.G. Laval
English Embankment, 4, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190000
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Church of St. John in Lomonosov
Kirochnaya St., 14, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 198411
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine 
Great Saint Petersburg State Circus (Chinizelli Circus or Circus on the Fontanka)
Fontanka River Embankment, 3, lit. A, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191028
Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses Jermaine