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Who doesn’t like a wedding? Well actually many people don’t but here are a few reasons why you should go anyway. Because you never know what you may find, love makes people do crazy things.
Some people are just too literal. This couple decided to take the plunge into marriage from 164 feet in the air, and even had the ceremony on a platform with 22 relatives and friends suspended along with them.
The guests were securely strapped to their chairs with tuxedos, dresses and all. The platform was slowly raised as the ceremony went on, until the entire assembly reached 164 feet in the air where Sandra Eens and Jeroen Kippers exchanged rings and took a leap of faith together. The entire wedding was done by Marriage in the Sky the same company that does Dinner in the Sky events.
We have two contenders for this one and you can decide which is more romantic.
The first comes to us from Fairborn, Ohio were co workers Tyree Henderson and Trisha Lynn Esteppe married at the McDonald’s where they met 3 years prior. The restaurant didn’t skip a beat as the wedding took place and customers came and went placing orders and eating their Big Macs. The lucky bride stated that, “she could not imagine a more romantic setting for their wedding”. Not sure which is worse the fact that she thought that was romantic or that they have worked there for 3 years.
Our second couple decided to tie the knot at their favorite fine dining establishment, Taco Bell. The bride and groom, Paul and Caragh Brooks wedded sitting in a booth while customers looked on. Instead of personalized mints they had hot sauce packets labeled “Will you marry me?” The saucy bride wore a $15 hot pink dress while a friend (who got ordained online) read the vows wearing a nice t-shirt. The two met online and were a step ahead as they already had the same last name. I guess that’s a good enough reason as any to get married at Taco Bell.
Stay classy guys!
This one is kind of creepy but once you get past the makeup it is not so bad, assuming you are not terrified of clowns of course.
Roadkill Raccoon and Reddish Raddish married at the Alberta Street Clown House, their non clown names are Carol Banner and Morgan Nilsen. Naturally the bride and groom love everything clown and decided to share that with everyone. Guests dressed up as clowns and had all kinds of activities that other weddings should have. Such as mud wrestling, mini bike tricks, and of course jousts. The couple ended the ceremony with a bike parade to the reception. A little strange but seems like lots of fun (again assuming you are not terrified of clowns).
Sometimes love makes you feel sky high, apparently that wasn’t enough for this couple that got married in mid air on top of several bi planes!
The activity known as “wing walking” was taken to another level when the British couple, 24-year-old Darren McWalters married his bride Katie Hodgson while the minister stood backwards on another plane and administered the ceremony. In total three bi planes were used, one for each person as they flew close together. All three of the participants were securely strapped complete with full tux and wedding dress. Everything was transmitted wirelessly and broadcast to the guests on the ground via a speaker system.
In a hurry to get married, then you might want to hit the road and try the hot rod wedding from Reverend Darrell Best.
The reverend turned a 1942-edition American La France fire engine into a mini chapel on wheels. The holy matrimony ride is complete with stained glass windows, pipe organ and even an altar for the special occasion. The fire engine fits everyone you need for the wedding; bride, groom, best man and maid of honor. Reverend Best charges a $200 fee plus $2 per mile for the ride and ceremony; he is located in Shelbyville Illinois. Honeymoons meanwhile are not allowed on the ride.
Who says weddings have to be pretty and fancy, how about dark and morbid? This couple took their love of the macabre and the relationship to the next level when they got married at a haunted house where they worked together.
Tina Milhoane 22 and Robert Seifer 24 married at 7 Floors of Hell in the haunted house’s cemetery. Everyone dressed the part with the groom making his entrance in a hearse and coming out of a coffin to his beloved bride. The bride meanwhile still dressed in white with a splash of red added to mimic the character Carrie. The minister also played his part as the Grim Reaper and even read the Lord’s Prayer to the audience.
Ah sometimes marriage can be sink or swim, for some its sink, swim and scuba. But forget just getting married while you scuba dive, how about staying in an underwater hotel.
You can make it all happen at the Jules Undersea Lodge where you can make your underwater adventure come true. For a mere 1750.00 plus tax you can have this lodge all to yourself and even stay there for the honeymoon. Guests scuba dive to the underwater lodge and have plenty of room to relax with two bedrooms, dining area, kitchen and living area. The lodge is located in Key Largo Florida and is 21 feet underwater.
Looking to let your vows hang loose? Then a nudist wedding may be for you. Just think you don’t have to worry about a tux or wedding dress and your wedding pictures will be very popular.
Many people do this every year from Dallas TX, to Australia, but one of the most well known places to have a nude wedding is at the Hedonism III Resort in Runaway Bay, St. Ann. On Valentine’s Day in 2003, 29 couples exchanged vows in the buff making it one of the largest nude weddings ever. The resort provides everything free of charge with a minimum four night stay. No word yet if Viagra is available as party favors.
Think marriage stinks? It certainly did for this couple who got married at the Bethel Transfer Station where the couple Rockie Graham and Dave Hart first met. Rockie Graham was recycling when she caught a dirty look from Dave and three years later they were married in this garbage dump with 250 of their closest friends. The bride wore a $7000 white dress with the dump as the picture perfect background.
The idea came from Dave who wanted to exchange vows where they originally met. Rockie stated she was “reluctant” at first but eventually gave in to Dave’s idea. Now that is compromise, but I suppose if you are going to start a lifelong relationship in a dump you can only go up from there.
Finally we have a wedding that was a first ever.
A Nepalese couple actually got married on the peak of Mount Everest the first ever in history. Pem Dorjee and Moni Mulepati made it to the top as part of the Rotary Centennial Everest Expedition and kept their plan a secret until the last minute since they didn’t know if they would make it all the way. The couple spent a mere 10 minutes at the peak and briefly took off their oxygen masks to exchange vows while friends took pictures. There have been couples in the past who have tried to make the same trip but none have been able to make it so far until now.
1 apepper
August 25th, 2009 at 1:33 am
Golden rule of weddings is the couple’s whims are law. On the other hand…
2 kiril
August 25th, 2009 at 1:37 am
Seriously at mcdonalds oh and 222222
3 chubbmeister
August 25th, 2009 at 1:41 am
I see a perfectly good Stetson in picture #2. Aahhh…the decadence…
4 Peeps
August 25th, 2009 at 1:52 am
A good follow up to “Bizarre Dating Websites”. It shouldn’t be long before a divorce list.
5 ImElvis666
August 25th, 2009 at 1:54 am
Fun list. If, God forbid, I ever get married, it will most definitely won’t be in my home town. I do not think I am adventurous enough (actually stupid enough) to get married in a dump. The bungee jump wedding is a great idea though. I would consider that.
6 ron
August 25th, 2009 at 1:55 am
Now who is going for marriage in Space…..
7 joliver
August 25th, 2009 at 2:01 am
wow! cool list!
nude marriage is cool!
8 Gogo Delectatio
August 25th, 2009 at 2:01 am
The Wedding on Wheels was adorable, and I give the Taco Bell bride credit for the hot sauce packs. Cute list!
9 Eyeswideshut
August 25th, 2009 at 2:18 am
The only one that i think was cute was #1: Mount Everest. That’s too much effort to get married! Don’t you think …
All the remaining ones are really bizzare!
10 loop
August 25th, 2009 at 2:22 am
Anywhere in Las Vegas…
11 loop
August 25th, 2009 at 2:24 am
Once proposed at a “Burger King”, myself…
12 Rufus
August 25th, 2009 at 3:29 am
is marrying in a jungle unusual?
i find the underwater marriage not so bizarre
13 Rufus
August 25th, 2009 at 3:30 am
i’d like so see a marriage in a prostitute place (whatever you call that) or a strip bar
14 Chineapplepunk
August 25th, 2009 at 3:35 am
Aww, at least they all got what they wanted.
Oh, and in this day and age of global recession there must be far worse things one could do than work at McDonalds y’know? At least it pays the bills!
15 DenzeLL
August 25th, 2009 at 3:52 am
@Rufus (13): a prostitute place is called a brothel.
16 DenzeLL
August 25th, 2009 at 3:53 am
nude weddings are so golden. (if you know what I mean by golden. ^_~
17 rain
August 25th, 2009 at 4:09 am
Cool list. Never knew that you can be married while in nude.
18 nuriko
August 25th, 2009 at 4:18 am
LOLz!
19 jfrater
August 25th, 2009 at 4:40 am
@DenzeLL (16): I am scared to think!
20 scarybiscuits
August 25th, 2009 at 4:48 am
The guy holding the disposable camera in #9 seems to be having a better time than the happy couple.
21 astraya
August 25th, 2009 at 5:06 am
A nude wedding would reveal who the “best” man was!
22 CHRIS
August 25th, 2009 at 5:12 am
I had a friend marry his girl at the place where he met her – a strip club! She was a waitress and he was a, well you can figure it out. Half of the wedding party were strippers! I didn’t realize it until these scantilly clad girls’ names would be called and they would get up from the table, take off all of thier clothes, and jump up on the stage! Needless to say, my wife didn’t appreciate my enthusiasm.
23 reggie5N
August 25th, 2009 at 5:14 am
I was married in the Roman Catholic Church in 1996. Me and my wife both traveled there just to get married.
Not that original? Our first anniversary was spent in the Canadian coniferous forests.
24 That Guy From Pennsylvania
August 25th, 2009 at 5:35 am
What about getting married on a roller coaster? I’ve seen that. And I seem to recall a skydiving wedding, too.
The best would be the couple marrying in bed and getting right to it….after the guests and clergy leave, of course.
25 oouchan
August 25th, 2009 at 5:48 am
Cool list, flores88. I like the idea of non-traditional marriages. It gives a great start to life together. Fun, romantic, bizarre.
I always wanted to have mine in the woods…kinda like a fairy tale type one.
@astraya (21): …and the bride saying “I think I’ll marry him instead.”
@That Guy From Pennsylvania (24): I’ve seen the roller coaster one too. It was very neat. As for getting married in bed…it’s was done. Saw it on a special once. I think it was in Japan…and everyone was naked as well. Good start!
26 timmar68
August 25th, 2009 at 6:06 am
Good for them! I hatehatehatehate weddings and all that the “traditional” wedding has become. We eloped to Vegas and gave our family and friends a web address and they watched us get married on the internet.
27 egernunge
August 25th, 2009 at 6:24 am
There was a couple in Denmark who got married in a discount supermarket. The slogan of that chain is “it only takes 5 minutes” and the couple wanted a quick wedding…
28 Diamond_Dragon
August 25th, 2009 at 6:30 am
I don’t know if the nudist wedding is THAT bizarre, but I certainly would not want anyone else to see my future wife naked.
29 Not An Idiot
August 25th, 2009 at 6:44 am
Proofread. For the love of God, proofread.
30 chicagochef
August 25th, 2009 at 6:48 am
I got married a few weeks ago, in a comic book store. No, we didn’t dress up. It was a blast.
Nice list.
31 callie19
August 25th, 2009 at 6:59 am
I think there’s something to be said for traditional weddings. People are so worried about one-upping and making a statement that they almost forget why they’re getting married in the first place. My cousin and his fiancee (now wife) own a healing crystals shop and are pretty much two throwbacks to the 60′s. We all expecred their wedding to be on a field somewhere while she wore cotton and flowers and the smell of patchouli hung in the air. They got married in a very traditional fashion in a park under a gazebo and she wore Donna Karen. It was lovely.
32 Jael
August 25th, 2009 at 7:14 am
I heard some guy in South America got married at a circus. But I read that in a kids magazine a very long time ago.
Granted, if I ever get married (I’m still in my teens) I want to get married at Comic Con. Just dress up as, oh, I don’t know, Princess Leia or Blind Mag from Repo! The Genetic Opera and my fiance could be wearing a Spock costume or something. I am such a dork.
33 Frushka
August 25th, 2009 at 7:20 am
@astraya (21):
Astraya, you DO crack me up!
34 GTT
August 25th, 2009 at 7:30 am
@callie19 (31):
I agree. It seems like suddenly a traditional wedding is almost something to look down on. I had a “traditional” wedding and it was one of the best nights of my life. We got married in a Church and then proceeded to party until past 5 in the morning… I wouldnt trade it for the world.
To each his own, I guess…
35 Erin
August 25th, 2009 at 8:13 am
There’s a donut shop in Portland, Oregon (I think) called Voodoo Donuts, and they marry people there in the store. I was surprised not to see it on this list.
36 Tom Wang
August 25th, 2009 at 8:27 am
My wife and I met at McDonald’s because we both worked there (for 5 years). As a joke I suggested the McD’s wedding. She said if I made her do it they wouldn’t find my body. Needless to say we got married at a Roman Catholic mass.
Also, in Nashville they have the Preston Hotel. It’s the only place I’ve ever heard that has wedding AND divorce packages for their guests! “The I do, I did, I’m done!” WAS a package they had that included 2 separate rooms, a reserved meeting room, and a lawyer of your choice, but alas it expired in January and don’t carry it anymore.
http://www.dealbase.com/Nashville/Hotel-Preston-deals/Divorce-Pkg–Legal-Mediation-6145
37 Stevie C
August 25th, 2009 at 8:31 am
Good list. All these people are retarded
38 psychosurfer
August 25th, 2009 at 8:34 am
Just when you think human kind has a chance, you see things like these…
39 archangel
August 25th, 2009 at 8:38 am
Wow… on top of Mt. Everest! In orbit would be nice too, or on the moon.
But i find natural weddings the best. A.K.A. out in the fresh open.
40 undaunted warrior
August 25th, 2009 at 8:58 am
All in the name of love |
41 Looser
August 25th, 2009 at 9:10 am
that would be awesome to get married on mt everest
42 General-Jake
August 25th, 2009 at 9:17 am
All of em pretty good…except the garbage one. Thats freakin stupid.
43 BrandonG
August 25th, 2009 at 9:21 am
I have heard of a World Of Warcraft marriage
44 undaunted warrior
August 25th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Nudist wedding no. 3
Where does the bestman keep the rings ? mmmm food for thought !
45 danmoo
August 25th, 2009 at 11:16 am
#8 are definitely jugalos
46 damien_karras
August 25th, 2009 at 11:20 am
While not “officially” a wedding that occurred in outer space, this couple decided to wed in a zero-G environment:
http://kotaku.com/5299179/watch-lord-british-officiate-zero+g-wedding
47 torontopunjabi
August 25th, 2009 at 11:46 am
i wouldnt mind a wedding in mid air, its just that you wouldnt be able to hear anything
48 jfrater
August 25th, 2009 at 11:47 am
@psychosurfer (38): Two years ago when I started listverse I thought that. Now I don’t.
49 ianz09
August 25th, 2009 at 11:58 am
@undaunted warrior (44): zing!
50 trfan
August 25th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
My niece got married two years ago today at a funeral home. No joke. It sounds bizarre, but she works at a funeral home, her father owns it, it’s right by her house, and it all worked out. They were going to have it outdoors, but it rained the day before and the ground was too wet (we still had the reception outdoors). A lot of people were uncomfortable with the funeral home, but I went along with it as a bridesmaid. Heck, I had fun taking a pair of pictures in the casket room. No, the only witnesses at the event were living.
My wedding next year won’t top that, but at least hers will always be memorable.
51 copperdragon
August 25th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
@diamond dragon (28):
just hope the best man hasnt already!
52 aprilweather
August 25th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
I love the one where the couple was married on the wings of the planes-Doesn’t get much cooler than that-(No pun intended)–I’m a little doubtful about #1 actually being true.
53 b
August 25th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
only one that is cool is number 1 the rest are lame!
54 Sofia
August 25th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
i think that the couple that got married at the dump was trying to hard to be ironic and the people that got married at the seven floors of hell or death or whatever probably horrified their families.
55 Kay
August 25th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Cool list. I should try one of these when I get married.
56 jfrater
August 25th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
@Kay (55): You should try something completely different – then you might end up on one of these lists
57 jaderaven
August 25th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
@Jael
I agree with the Spock bit! Im a dork too ^.^ And I love Repo! But personally I think it’d be more hysterical if the groom was dressed like Spock and the bride like Amber Sweet. lol
58 aprilweather
August 25th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Kay-JFrater is right…How about getting NASA to let you and the groom get married on a space shuttle orbiting the earth?-I don’t believe that’s been done-I don’t know what state or country you would get your license in though-haha-Florida,I guess-
59 Clarsax
August 25th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
@Jael
I also am a dork, and a super dork because I’m also female. A scifi wedding like that sounds like a lot of fun!
I’ve thought about going celtic and making my husband to be wear a kilt, along with all of his friends. No pants at my wedding.
60 hillerious
August 25th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
I had the same dress as the girl in #5, only with black trim instead of red. It was beautiful! Very popular style from David’s Bridal that season (it was on the front of their magazine and everything). So, yeah, not that unusual a dress. Also, neat to see it up there. A few of these I wouldn’t have turned down if I’d been in the situation. Looking back, I kind of wish we’d married at the waterfall where he proposed, but I don’t think most of the family could have made the hike. Still, it would have been lovely.
61 timmy the dying boy
August 25th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
No. 3 reminded me somehow of a saying my Dad had: “Don’t just stand there like a penis at a wedding!” Makes me wonder about some of those nudist weddings. . .
62 Iakhovas
August 25th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
All I can say is… WHY? BTW, the girl getting married in the McDonalds is hot. Why is she settling for that bearded loser?
63 Jael
August 25th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
@jaderaven
That would be awesome if the bride was cosplaying as Amber Sweet. “I now pronounce you Vulcan and Zydrate-whore.”
@Clarsax
My dream Comic Con wedding wouldn’t just be scifi limited. So far, I’ve already decided that my maid of honour (who will be my sister) will dress up either L or Alice Cullen (I haven’t fully decided yet. My sister has short hair. But in keeping with the tradition of making the maid of honor wear something she will hate, I decided to make my sister cosplay as either a character from Death Note or Twilight being that she hates both), allow my fiance’s best man go as a character from a fandom my fiance likes, and have the ceremony officiated by Dumbledore.
Though, being from a small but very conservative family, I might have to squeeze in a traditional ceremony a month before hand to make my older relatives and parents happy. My Comic Con wedding will be more for us and our crazy, fandom loving friends.
64 Vi
August 25th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Speaking of fast food, my husband and I were married 11 years ago at the Arby’s we had lunch at every day in high school. They supplied all the food, so it was great!
65 Kerry
August 25th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Our wedding was at my cousin’s chalet in Gatlinburg, Tn (we live nearby) and was officiated by my friend who is a high priest of Strega. My hubby and I are both atheists, so the traditional church wedding wasn’t an option. It was UT v. Florida game day, which is a *huge* football rivalry, and we had to have a pre-wedding football party! The men wore bright orange UT button-down shirts, I wore a renaissance style dress that I made. It was a handfasting, broom jumping blast! My husband jokes that our guests will forget their own weddings long before they forget ours. Sorry for being so longwinded :/ but it was definitely unusual.
66 COCO OBRIEN`
August 25th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
those are some very strange places to get married at!! but, as long as they’re happy, eh?
67 JessicaKarli
August 25th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
I have always wanted a unique wedding, but some of these are too weird for me. xD
I wonder what my wedding will be like…
68 poor credit
August 26th, 2009 at 2:35 am
Glad I came back to this site some new very interesting items which I wanted to know more about. Great work on your site.
69 arizona family
August 26th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
on the top of a garbage dump? hmm…not so sure they like each other.
70 Mathilda
August 26th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Speaking from the perspective of someone who is getting married in less than three weeks (September 12), I do not think most of these are bizarre places to be married at all. Rather, I think they are very clever ploys to limit the number of guests who can attend! Sure, you can come to our wedding – if you can climb to the top of Mount Everest/fly on a bi-plane/scuba dive to the location/run behind the fire engine chapel! Mwa-ha-ha-ha!
No having to deal with friend Jane who won’t attend if you invite your other friend Mary because Mary dated a boy that she KNEW Jane liked, 27 years ago in high school; nor Aunt Tilly who needs to be able to bring her 24 year old cat FluffPuss because it can’t be left home alone, and by the way can you ask the caterers to provided fresh minced tuna for FlussPuss? Not Great-uncle Clarence, your friendly family lech who makes lewd comments to 19 year old servers, and thinks taking out his glass eye is an amusing bon mot, and none of the “boyfriends” that your thrice divorced cousins show up with, who turn out to be bar pickups from last week and who get drunk and take off with your trashy niece, causing yet another family rift which someone else will have to deal with at THEIR wedding.
Seriously, our wedding will be outside, in a field on the edge of the woods, with a picnic reception after. Maybe. Or maybe we will elope to Vegas and get married by an Elvis impersonator; I know that it is not too late for that option!
71 macph
August 26th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
“cool” on-top-of-mount-everest wedding!
72 vtenebrae
August 26th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Nude weddings really aren’t that bizarre. Some religions practice nude in order to be closer to nature. (aka Skyclad)
Since it’s not THAT uncommon a practice, I can’t see why it’d be up there with “bizarre”..
73 Lynne
August 27th, 2009 at 4:14 am
as if working in McDonalds is that much of a shame.
74 saber25
August 27th, 2009 at 5:07 am
We and my wife had a plan for a extremely different wedding, aside from a church, maybe like bungee jumping or underwater could be cool. Sent out a plan to the weddings arranger and said it would and would be ok. but after a few months saying that there was some problem with the places we wanted to be married with. Ended up in a normal catholic church wedding.
75 Kelsi
August 27th, 2009 at 10:20 am
Jamie, did you proofread this list? The grammar and punctuation are awful!
76 David Hopkins
August 27th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
You could say Romeo and Juliet got married in Heaven.
77 loop
August 27th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
“Marriage: A public expression of a private intention.”
78 loop
August 27th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Getting married a second time? “The triumph of hope over experience.”
79 David
August 28th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
What about the Salt Cathedral in Colombia? There is a cathedral built deep into a mountain near Bogota, Colombia, made entirely out of salt. The walls can be licked and are unbelievably salty. The tunnel to reach the salt cathedral is wide, so the bride is allowed to be driven there. However, Colombian ettiquete says the groom must walk. Often times the groom panics and the bride gets stood up.
80 AmyMarie
August 28th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
my mom and step dad got married on top of a roller coaster.
81 Pearl
August 29th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
I feel like a had a loser wedding now I see this list
82 David Hopkins
September 13th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
In a couple centuries, marriage in space will probably be common place.
83 Kennoth
September 14th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Most of them are pretty bizarre, yet adventurous. I’d try most of them, especially the nude wedding ^^
84 Best places in Japan
September 16th, 2009 at 5:09 am
From adventure lovers to tourists exploring traditions, Fuji Five Lake, Japan is ideal & close by location to be definitely explored. Another unique place is Koya-San; Japan’s highly sacrosanct temple complex. From religious wonders & tradition discoveries to strange walks to cemetery of celebrities, it has fun activities to be witnessed yourself.
To get more detail; refer: http://www.journeyidea.com/top-unusual-places-to-visit-in-japan-part-v/
85 Egg
September 16th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
I would LOVE to get married at 7 Floors of Hell BY THE EFFING GRIM REAPER. Geezus, a macabre enthusiast couldn’t have a much wetter dream than that :F
Definately would have the bride and groom wear something less common though.
86 natapillar
October 6th, 2009 at 5:45 am
the marriage in Hell looks fantastic…i shall show that to my fiance!
87 Vami
August 19th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Really?? Taco Bell or McDonalds for a wedding?? Very classy. Pathetic, pathetic people. I despise weddings and find them rather pointless, I myself eloped and it was fine. We try to make such a big production out of something so intimate. I hate weddings!! Well, I probably just hate humanity in general, so nevermind.