50 of the Strangest and Most Interesting McDonald’s Restaurants From Around the World

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John Summers • Contributor
Jun 24, 2024 12:00 AM EDT

When @katrinkanova posted some photos of the Freeport McDonald's, which, according to her, looks like a funeral home from the outside and a retirement home from the inside, She couldn't expect the slew of replies she received from people all over the world, Sharing the strange and unique McDonalds they encountered while traveling or just while walking down the street from where they live. At Taupo, New Zealand, for example, there is a McDonald's inside of an old plane while in Cambridgeshire in the UK there is a Flying saucer shaped one. 

A McDonald's in the Netherlands had a giant statue of Michael Jackson for years and in Dallas there is a branch that looks just like a huge happy meal! Some are tiny, some are big, some old, some new, but all of them are fascinating and have some interesting story behind them. Oh, and they all serve burgers :)

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    sloppy wizard @katrinkanova Trying to explain the Freeport McDonald's to a friend. It looks like a funeral home outside and a retirement home inside 5:34 PM · 5/8/20 · Twitter for iPhone •
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    Funeral home outside

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    Retirement home inside

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    @freeallison_ Replying to @katrinkanova Independence, Ohio has entered the chat. I like to call it The Bank McDonald's 8:05 PM 5/8/20 · Twitter for iPhone
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    @freeallison_ The inside is better yet EXIT 8:06 PM 5/8/20⚫ Twitter for iPhone
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    Goindown2Shambletown @Gentlemenhugs Replying to @katrinkanova and @charles_kinbote There's a McDonald's in Hangzhou, China they put in the former residence of a Taiwanese president and I ate there because I'm a weak American who needed fries P PA е M McDonald's 9:27 PM 5/8/20 Twitter for Android .
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    WORLD lan graham DEATH @ilgraham82 Replying to @katrinkanova The Leavenworth, Washington franchise M 10:03 PM 5/8/20 Twitter for iPad .
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    melissa++♥ @pretty_pebbles4 Replying to @katrinkanova Taupo, NZ. There's seating for eating inside the plane! arcimages McDonald's • 10:12 PM 5/8/20 Twitter for iPhone •
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    melissa++♥❤❤ @pretty_pebbles4 Also, the Rotorua, NZ McDonald's that's done up like a marae! • 10:13 PM 5/8/20 Twitter for iPhone
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    Soy Boy @_Leftist Vegan Replying to @katrinkanova Art Deco McDonald's. Location Melbourne Australia MCDONA CRIVE-THRU open 24 hour 6:46 PM - 5/8/20 Twitter for Android
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    Kent Sholars @jksholars I had never seen one of these ‘unique' Macdonald's until this one caught my eye on the historic waterfront of Bergen, Norway. McDonald's NAM NAM ORE M McDonald's JUICY Super Deal 20% M Chili Mayo Cheese
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    lan Weir @gannjerrod Replying to @katrinkanova Barstow CA has a train McDonalds! MENTER M 8:58 PM 5/8/20 Twitter for iPad BARSTO STATION
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    Megan Heberlein @MeganAmyH Replying to @katrinkanoval The only decent photo I could find of the MacDonald's that used to be in downtown Ann Arbor. Built in 1978, closed in 1995, it looked like an old church, complete with stained glass window. The building is sadly now long gone. AVTaigi alla 5% HAVE Lonali 8:05 PM 5/9/20 Twitter for Android •
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    Brandon Cruz-Youll @BCruz Youll Replying to @katrinkanova Here's a McDonald's in Fremont, CA we used to always call the Church of McDonald's because it's built like a California mission 9:58 PM 5/8/20 from San Francisco, CA - Twitter for iPhone
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    Jenny Russell @lesspedants Replying to @meg_catherine94 and @katrinkanova Oxford! McDonald's M 5:42 AM - 5/9/20 Twitter for Android .
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    Replying to @katrinkanova McDonald's near Saint-Lazare train station in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. BISTRO ROMAIN BISTRO ROMAIN M Banne McDonald RESTAURANT McDonald's 12:51 PM 5/9/20 Twitter Web App •
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    Tsu / Greg @TsuVideos > Quick, in Belgium (Huy). It's kind of nice too 2:42 PM 5/9/20 Twitter Web App
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    Madi @xxmadisback Replying to @katrinkanova I can't believe nobody has mentioned the Biltmore Village McDonald's in Asheville that was made from actual leftover building materials from the Biltmore house M McDonald's 5:48 AM 5/9/20 Twitter for iPhone •
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    Karen Steimle @siskaren13 I was going to post this, so instead I'll post a picture of the inside: 9:21 AM - 5/9/20 - Twitter Web App
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    K_Vo_ @K_Vo_ Replying to @katrinkanova Flying Saucer in Cambridgeshire, UK M · 12:36 AM 5/9/20 Twitter Web App
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    Allison Britt @iMakeArtifacts Roswell, NM My kids loved it! The play place is in the saucer. M PA McDonald's 5:33 AM · 5/9/20 · Twitter for iPhone
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    webmaster morgan @morganaeliza Replying to @katrinkanova May I present the South Park. McDonald's in Charlotte, church on the outside with a self-playing baby grand piano on the inside McDonald's 8:58 AM 5/9/20 Twitter for iPhone •
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    Rambling Roisin @ramblingroisin Replying to @katrinkanova McD's in Antigua, Guatemala is the most Tardis of them all. Behold: McCafe McDonald's 2:28 AM 5/9/20 from Enniskillen, Northern Ireland • • Twitter for iPhone
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    Sileem (Emotional Distancing) @SileemFarghaly Replying to @katrinkanova The McDonalds in my hometown was a little weird too McDonald's 9:01 PM · 5/8/20 · Tweetbot for iOS
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    The Narrator @IAmThe_Narrator My hometown had a "McDiner" when I was a kid. Sometimes we should really just leave nature alone. WEARS LUCH DIVER Win veleable prises er styr Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in October DINNER ADING Inside LUNCH BREAKFAST 98.5 FM 11:02 AM 5/9/20 Twitter Web App •
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    kdau @kdau00 Replying to @katrinkanova and @softqueerfeels Leavenworth, Washington, enforces a Bavarian village theme by ordinance. The McDonald's complies, though not with the same panache as local establishments 7:51 AM 5/9/20 Twitter for Android
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    name cannot be blank @xfixationsx Replying to @katrinkanova I prefer the weird fancy one in Plano, Texas 6:37 PM 5/8/20 Twitter for Android
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    Bloomzy | Emma @bloomzy_ Replying to @katrinkanova My friends were showing me around Porto, Portugal and told me "the McDonalds is the most beautiful you'll ever see" I was not disappointed McDonald ESPRESSO 5:40 AM - 5/9/20 Twitter for iPhone CAFFE BRA
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    126 FIVE McDonald's M COPHALLA
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    HURAE @hannes_bhc Replying to @katrinkanova McDonalds Bruges Belgium Translate Tweet hunkemöller hunkemi McDonald's 2 42 650 1
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    RelaxinBraxton @ColbyBraxton Replying to @katrinkanova McDonald's in Orlando, Fl has an arcade upstairs, a fish aquarium downstairs, they serve pizza, pasta, and other dishes you don't hear about at regular locations. Moads 8:12 AM 5/9/20 Twitter for iPhone
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    Kelly (Active/Pending) @kelly_marth The world's largest McDonald's has finally entered the chat! Seriously miss the old look from before the refurb! 2000 MO WELCOME TO ORLANDO 12:37 PM 5/9/20 Twitter for iPhone •
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    SAAASS Ryan Reid @RealRyan Reid Replying to @katrinkanova There was a Michael Jackson statue in the parking lot of a Netherlands McDonald's for years. VOLVO Vo . 12:27 PM 5/9/20 Twitter Web App McDonald's McDrive
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    team edward @addyboo2585 Replying to @katrinkanova This is the McDonald's that was down the road from my grandfather's house in Hawaii McDonald's 6:07 AM 5/9/20 Twitter for iPhone • 008
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    helena @defendpoppunk10 Replying to @katrinkanova okay but no one has mentioned the Dallas McDonalds that looked like an actual Happy Meal box • • 7:10 AM 5/9/20 Twitter for iPhone
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    Chelsea the Park Hopper @parkhopperco Replying to @katrinkanova The McDonald's in New Hyde Park, NY, called Denton House. Built in 1795 as a farmhouse, remodeled in ~1860 into a mansion. McDonald's wanted to demolish it in '85 but residents fought for 3 years to secure historic designation McDonald's 9:50 AM 5/9/20 Twitter for iPhone
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    coll @collard greens Replying to @katrinkanova Dreamy salmon pink McDonald's in Belém, Portugal. (Wish I had better pics of it, it was really pretty) McDonald's MANHA COMECAM M 10:48 PM 5/9/20 Twitter for iPhone •
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    > Enrique "Richard" Rosa @emarshallrose Replying to @katrinkanova Not sure if anyone's posted this yet - McDonald's in Sedona AZ is the only one with turquoise arches. Been here many times. W 4:48 AM 5/9/20 Twitter for iPhone .
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    Jessie is reading @readingjag Replying to @katrinkanova Yes! Love regional McDonald's architecture. The Eureka Springs, Arkansas location was supposed to look like a little Victorian mansion. McDonald's McDonald's 7:15 AM 5/9/20 Twitter Web App • 148
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    Damian Alexander ++ @DamiAnimated Visited the hellscape McDonalds in Glendale so I could see it with my own eyes. A EAT AT CENTRAL 6:47 PM - 11/5/18 from McDonald's Twitter for iPhone
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    GANG BENJAMIN @TheNotoriousPIA Replying to @katrinkanova and @radtorial The only unique McDonald's I've ever been to is "Rock and Roll" McDonald's in Chicago. It had music memorabilia all over. I think I'd dig a funeral home vibe more actually 1666666EER McDonald's A 12:31 AM 5/9/20 Twitter for Android
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    Mary (em @popkewitz Replying to @katrinkanova and @MaraWilson The city of Gramado has some strict building codes, so the McDonald's there looks like this McDonald's McCafe 9:01 PM 5/8/20. Twitter for Android .
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    Kevin Barbeau @YASTLBlog Replying to @katrinkanova No longer on our riverfront, unfortunately, but many a grade school field trip included this McDonald's riverboat. Do you remember...how were their fries, @GatewayArchSTL? | McDONALD'S 6:44 AM 5/9/20 Twitter for iPhone •
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    matilda @save_tillie Replying to @katrinkanova the McDonald's at Nyugati in Budapest has entered the competition for weirdest McDonald's CAPPUCCINO McDonald's 9:46 PM 5/8/20 from Branford, CT - Twitter for iPhone
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    Dr. April C. Armstrong @AprilCArmstrong Replying to @katrinkanova and @MaraWilson What about the highway overpass McDonald's in Vinita, Oklahoma? McDonald's McDonald's > McDonalds Highway Overpass Vinita, OK flickr.com 8:58 PM 5/8/20 Twitter Web App
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    emma @emlbakr Replying to @katrinkanova We had a McDonald's in Shrewsbury that looked normal from the outside but was actually built into the side of a 13th century medieval building. It had a whole suit of knight's armour too but I can't find a photo 12:21 AM 5/9/20 Twitter for iPhone
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    Isolation Isolation it's just the way we... @AbsoluteHunzo Replying to @katrinkanova This is a McDonald's near where I live in Ireland, in a place called Bray. It used to be a town hall www.streetsofdublin.com 8:15 AM - 5/9/20 Twitter for iPhone •
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    Chase B. @HiSpeedChase86 Replying to @katrinkanova Batumi, Georgia. A port visit from my navy days. My shipmates and I stumbled upon it like a lost cathedral after touring the local pubs MIN 8:01 AM 5/9/20 Twitter for iPhone
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    Nathan Stephens @NStephens12 Replying to @katrinkanova Valletta, Malta Was specifically toward by our trip leader not to go to McDonalds but how can you pass this beauty up? McDonald's KINGS M www.mcdonalds.com.mt 9:20 AM · 5/9/20 · Twitter for iPhone
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