I happened across this place on Friday in downtown Shanghai. Despite its other-worldly ethereal look (thanks in part to the Hipstamatic photo app) it turns out that the building has no significant historical link to Shanghai's past. The gardens were pretty cool though.
Here is some background courtesy of NY Times Travel website:
Garish, hideous, and mesmerizing at the same time, it's hard to take your eyes off this gigantic gingerbread mansion. An eclectic mix of architectural styles from faux Gothic to Tudor, this mansion of brown-tiled steeples, gables, and spires was built by a Swedish shipping magnate Eric Moller in 1936 for his daughter, who envisioned the house in a dream. The flamboyant house, with its marble pillars, chandeliers, dark wood paneling, and beautiful stained-glass windows epitomized the excesses of colonial Shanghai.
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