By Wonderwall.com Editors
8:59am PDT, Aug 21, 2017
Sometimes, tying the knot doesn't mean a drive to the neighborhood chapel! Celebrities, ever so eager to buck tradition, have picked some truly offbeat settings for their weddings over the years. Take Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell, for instance! Though they opted for a pretty typical wedding in 2007 on a private ranch for their first ceremony, when it came time for the two to renew their wedding vows a few years later, it was anything but ordinary! The husband and wife had a very specific time frame and location — at 11:11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 2011, on the corner of 11th Avenue and 11th Street in New York City. The two are still happily married. Keep reading to see the other strange places stars have tied the knot!
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Olivia Wilde certainly had an unconventional first marriage. Not only did she get engaged to Italian prince Tao Ruspoli at age 19 during Burning Man, an annual festival in the Nevada dessert dedicated to self-expression, but the couple ended up marrying on a school bus in 2003! Eight years later, things were over.
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Ever heard of getting married where you work? When it came time for Kelsey Grammer to tie the knot for the fourth time (just 18 days after his last divorce had been finalized), he didn't get very creative about the venue. The actor married Kayte Walsh on the stage of his Broadway show at the Longacre Theater in New York City where he'd been starring in "La Cage Aux Folles." That's super… romantic??
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It's no secret that Mariah Carey is a diva, so it's only natural she had multiple vow ceremonies during her second marriage to Nick Cannon. Their first wedding took place in 2008 at a pretty popular destination wedding spot — the Bahamas — but it was her multiple vow renewal ceremonies that were over the top. Other places Mariah and Nick said their vows to each other? Disneyland, in a ceremony that shut down the park on their five year wedding anniversary, Magic Mountain, Paris and the hospital when their twins, Moroccan and Monroe, were born. Unfortunately despite all the romantic renewals, the couple ended up splitting in 2014.
When it came time for Kate Hudson to marry her rocker beau, Chris Robinson, in 2000, the two opted for an unusual date — New Year's Eve! Their winter wedding also took place in an unconventional location — in a small white tent in front of a fire on her parents' Aspen property. Though it sounds incredibly romantic, that didn't mean everything was roses after that! The couple ended things in 2007.
Sort of fancy?! Though Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock weren't known as a super-classy couple, the two tied the knot on a yacht in Saint-Tropez. The nuptials took place on the open water, with Pam wearing — what else?! — a string bikini! (Just like she did during her first wedding to Tommy Lee in 1995.) It won't come as much of a shock that this marriage didn't last: Pamela filed for divorce four months later.
From wearing vials of each other's blood around their necks to making candid, bizarre confessions, Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton didn't have a traditional romance. They didn't get married in a traditional venue either — they eloped in Las Vegas! The bride wore jeans when she wed the Oscar winner at the Little Church of the West Wedding Chapel. The marriage lasted barely three years.
Elizabeth Taylor had plenty of weddings, so one was bound to take place in an unusual locale. That honor belongs to her eighth and final nuptials — to construction worker Larry Fortensky in 1991. The star said "I do" at an incredibly unique location — Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch! Her good pal Michael lent his home for the big event, but the strange wedding venue wasn't a lucky charm. They divorced five years later.
Back in 2008, Jessica Alba and Cash Warren had a surprisingly low-key wedding, opting for a venue that is shocking for celebs — a government office. The two said their vows at the Beverly Hills courthouse, where Jessica wore a blue dress, rocked a ponytail and happened to be pregnant with their first daughter Honor at the time! Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard followed suit and wed at the same tiny courthouse in 2013.
Most people wed in a church, a synagogue or maybe at a hotel. But after Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes's infamous courtship, it was only natural for the pair to have an insanely over-the-top wedding ceremony in 2006. The couple opted to say their vows at the beautiful Odescalchi Castle in Italy in front of 150 guests who later enjoyed a spectacular fireworks show. But getting married in a castle didn't mean happily ever after. The two divorced in 2012.
Kendra Wilkinson and Hank Baskett picked a wedding venue that was far from ordinary. The reality star and former Playboy playmate opted to return to her old home — the Playboy Mansion — to marry Hank in 2009.
Mena Suvari wed concert producer Simone Sestito back in 2010 in a place many Catholics dream of getting married — Vatican City! The couple wed at a private 8th-century church near the pope's home, which made sense for the groom, whose family was mainly based in surrounding Rome. Unfortunately, despite being married in such a holy space, the union only lasted 18 months. Mena filed for divorce in January 2012, citing "irreconcilable differences."
For most people, getting married in an Indian palace is a pipe dream — but for Elizabeth Hurley, the unusual location was a reality when she wed Arun Nayar. They had a Hindu ceremony in the exotic venue in 2007, but unfortunately, the splendor of the festivities didn't ensure it would last forever. They divorced four years later.
It might come as a surprise, but British couple David Beckham and Victoria Beckham didn't choose to marry in their homeland. Instead, the famous pair opted to venture to the neighboring country of Ireland, where they tied the knot in a gothic castle outside of Dublin.
Country sweethearts Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton ventured down the aisle in 2011. Their wedding venue? Though it might be unusual to most duos, a ranch in Texas actually made plenty of sense for this pair. Unfortunately, love didn't last and the two called it quits four years later, announcing their divorce in July 2015.
This would certainly have been a unique wedding! Though it didn't end up happening, Tom Green attempted to marry Drew Barrymore on the air during "Saturday Night Live." Drew almost went along with it, but ended up putting a stop to the nuptials. The pair eventually tied the knot, but it only lasted a little over a year.
