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It may not seem like it when you're driving down the highway, looking at the same boring lodging options, but there are some truly bizarre hotels out there. Kick the standard sleeping options to the curb and find out how much you know about the world's craziest hotels by taking this quiz.The guests at the Gamirasu Hotel in Turkey are paying to sleep in a cave, but it also happens to be a 1,000-year-old Byzantine monastic retreat with a small city built into its walls.
The Hotel im Wasserturm used to be the largest water tower in Europe. It was converted to a luxury hotel in 1990, and it's now one of the most unique and prestigious places to stay in all of Germany.
The Wigwam Motel chain is known throughout the world for its tepee-shaped rooms.
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The Quinta Real Zacatecas is built into the grandstand of the restored San Pedro bullfighting ring. The arena saw its last bullfight in 1975, but it reopened in 1989 as a hotel.
Although it's not open all year long, during the winter, Sweden's ICEHOTEL has to be seen to be believed. Everything is made entirely from ice, and the entire establishment is allowed to melt in the spring and is rebuilt the following winter.
Sleeping inside the 40-foot elephant-shaped villa at the Kumbuk River Resort may be unique, but because the resort is located inside a wildlife sanctuary, there's a good chance you'll see some actual elephants during your stay (which is much more exciting, if you ask us).
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Not only can you rent an igloo at Finland's Hotel Kakslauttanen, you can pick from two different kinds! You can stare at the northern lights through the glass ceiling of your modern, temperature-controlled igloo, or you can actually rough it for a night under a dome of ice.
The Palacio de Sal is made from entirely from salt. Everything from the building itself to the bed you sleep in is made from salt, and there's even a salt golf course on the grounds.
The Utter Inn looks like a small, floating shack out in the middle of Lake Mälaren in Västerås, Sweden, but it's not. Underneath the floating building lies an underwater room with aquarium-like windows for viewing fish, only it's you who's in the tank!
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As the name implies, La Villa Hamster is a single-room hotel that caters to humans who'd like to know what a hamster's life is really like. A giant wheel takes up an entire wall, and you have to crawl on your hands and knees to get to bed. And yes, people really do pay for this -- the room is booked almost every night.