The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tenn. makes MSN’s “World’s Wildest Architecture” top ten list. Photo by Tim Hursley.

Nashville, Tenn. — Popular Internet portal MSN.com has included the Country Music Hall of Fame^® and Museum in its top ten list of the “World’s Wildest Architecture.” The museum, which was designed by Tuck Hinton Architects, was chosen for its symbolic references and music iconography and shares the list with a diverse array of structures, including the work of renowned architects Frank Gehry and Antonio Gaudi, and whimsical buildings such as a high-top shoe and a seven-story picnic basket.

MSN.com’s complete top ten list is as follows:

1. The Residential Car-House (Salzburg, Austria)
2. Casa Batllo (Barcelona, Spain)
3. The Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
4. The Haines Shoe House (York County, Pennsylvania)
5. The Ideal Palace of Ferdinand Cheval (Hauterives, France)
6. The Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao, Spain)
7. The Longaberger Co. (Newark, Ohio)
8. Country Music Hall of Fame^® and Museum (Nashville, Tennessee)
9. The Sydney Opera House (Sydney, Australia)
10. Torre Galatea (Figueras, Spain)

To view the “World’s Wildest Architecture” slide show, please visit http://travel.msn.com//Guides/MSNTravelSlideShow.aspx?cp-documentid=498870&imageindex=1.

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