Eccentric Homes

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.

An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.

The house where Rudyard Kipling wrote 'The Jungle Book' is also the location of the first tennis court in Vermont.

A Bohemian "anti-hotel" offers off-kilter stays in Sri Lanka.

This museum honors the first Spanish land grant in California which is still in the hands of the original owner's family.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

An avant-garde artist is survived by his seaside garden.

The site of the house Jack Parsons made famous both in life and death.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

Originally the home of chewing gum mogul William Wrigely Jr, it is now the official offices of the Tournament of Roses.

Home of the "Father of Forestry."

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

The small cave that housed Tennessee's "first citizen."

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.