Homes

Some wattle-and-daub, a Moorish mural, a glacial erratic, and a Giant named Gilbert.

The former home of a mad diplomat is said to still be marked in bloody, arcane scrawls.

The ruins of a creative scholar's fantastical unfinished sanctuary act as his massive gravestone.

Wayne Newton's sprawling estate is now open for visitors to catch a glimpse of his "heart and soul."

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

This historic home of the author of Lawrence of Arabia, has a history of literary celebrities and monogrammed sleeping bags.

The gutted remains of this Estonian mansion are a monument to a tragic love.

The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.

Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

The childhood home of the meat inspector who would become the face of America.

A notoriously corrupt Chief of Police's deteriorating Greek-themed playhouse.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

One man's labor of love, Amman's oldest home has become a time capsule with its doors permanently open to artists and guests.

The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

When the big city meets the edge of the frontier, log skyscrapers are born.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.