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18 Out-Of-The-Ordinary Wedding Venues For Unconventional Couples

Not a hotel ballroom in sight!

Senior Reporter, HuffPost Life

So many lovely weddings have been held in hotel ballrooms -- but that traditional type of venue isn't right for every couple.

With that in mind, we dug up 18 beautiful, quirky and unexpected places real brides and grooms have tied the knot. Check them out below.

1
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Allebach Photography
2
Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jeremy Lawson of JLP and Associates
3
The ocean in Maui, Hawaii
Love and Water Photography
4
Camp Wing in Duxbury, Massachusetts
A Guy And A Girl Photography
5
Salvage One antique warehouse in Chicago, Illinois
Jeremy Lawson of JLP and Associates
6
Penn State's Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania
The Melideos
7
A greenhouse at Sang Lee Farms in Peconic, New York
A Guy And A Girl Photography
8
Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
Pop! Wed Co.
9
Under an overpass in DUMBO, Brooklyn, New York
Pop! Wed Co.
10
The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina
Vesic Photography
11
Nantucket Whaling Museum in Nantucket, Massachusetts
Zofia and Co.
12
OVY Campground in San Gregorio, California
Anita Martin Photography
13
Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch in Beaver Creek, Colorado
JoPhoto
14
Sinkhole in the jungle in Riviera Maya, Mexico
Del Sol Photography
15
Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, California
Duy Ho Photography
16
Sandbar in Ambergris Caye, Belize
Del Sol Photography
17
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area near Breckenridge, Colorado
Studio 29
18
Blackhawk Automotive Museum in Danville, California
Shhivika Chauhan Photography

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