Homes

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

The home-turned-museum of Barış Manço, the mustachioed Turkish Elvis for children.

This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.

The childhood home of one of America's greatest unsung troubadours still stands in a much changed Brooklyn neighborhood.

This surreal art house looks like a geometric version of a small chapel.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

The childhood home of Henry Jones Jr. is now an adventure-themed bed and breakfast.

The birthplace of a titan of American cinema.

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.