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Eccentric Homes

Abbotsford House

Melrose, Scotland

Abbotsford House

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

Swannanoa Mansion

Lyndhurst, Virginia

Swannanoa Palace

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

The Eagle's Nest

Berchtesgaden, Germany

The Eagle's Nest

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

Grey Towers

Milford, Pennsylvania

Grey Towers

One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.

Du Cane Court

London, England

Du Cane Court

Legends say that this Art Deco apartment building almost became Hitler's British headquarters.

Emily Carr House

Victoria, British Columbia

Emily Carr House

This Italianate house was the childhood home of the prominent Canadian painter, Emily Carr.

The Oaks

Tuskegee, Alabama

The Oaks

Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.

Summerseat

Morrisville, Pennsylvania

Summerseat

This colonial mansion has been home to a staggering number of American historic figures.

Edmundas Vaiciulis' Pan House

Žagarė, Lithuania

Pan House

What almost started out as a spite house became an eccentric's found object masterpiece.

London, England

David Bowie's Childhood Home

The childhood home of Earth's alien chameleon is a humble Brixton flat.

Vienna, Austria

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Austrian National Library)

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Cleveland, Ohio

‘A Christmas Story’ House and Museum

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Quetzalcoatl’s Nest

Naucalpan, Mexico

El Nido de Quetzalcóatl

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

Bensonhurst Statue House

Brooklyn, New York

Bensonhurst Statue House

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

Henderson, Nevada

The Simpsons House

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

A La Ronde

Exmouth, England

A La Ronde

Two women with a flair for both adventure and artful clutter created this singular round home.

Cosmic Moose and Grizzly Bear’s Ville

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cosmic Moose and Grizzly Bear’s Ville

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

Villa Winter

Villa Winter

Rumors and legends of secret Nazi activities surround this eerily remote island mansion.