Here's part 7 of FORTUNE's "Believe It or Not" investment gallery -- some of the most unconventional investments of all time:
It was literally, poetically, falling down. But that didn't stop oil magnate Robert McCulloch from shelling out $2.46 million to the City of London for the famed London Bridge in 1968. He moved it to Arizona and made it the centerpiece of his Lake Havasu resort, now a popular vacation destination.
I don't know about you, but $2.5 million for a bridge that's falling down doesn't seem like a great deal (the resort may have done ok without it). Unless he got the rights to the song as well -- then it would be worth it for the "cool" factor alone. ;-)
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