Eccentric Homes

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

The home and studio of a visionary woodworker now stands as a museum and example of his artistic genius.

This "social palace" housing complex created a relatively stable and self-contained worker's society... for a time.

This punny mirror of another Wisconsin attraction is exactly what it sounds like.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

In this tiny Iranian town playing on the roof isn't just encouraged, it's the only place to go.

The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.

An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.

This secluded Iceland farm holds the collected works of one rural sculptor's creations.

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

This remote castle was built to be a wealthy businessman's palace of vice but is now simply a historic vacation cottage.

This unassuming Massachusetts residence was built with a trap door to hide escapees on the Underground Railroad.

This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.