Houses

Built in 1821 using rooms from another estate, the Phillips House is the only historic home on scenic Chestnut Street open to the public.

This former farm In northern Iceland is now a museum, where visitors can tour beautifully-preserved turf houses.

The ruins of the humble house of one of Mexico's most iconic revolutionaries.

This house certainly has a unique decor.

This restored house built from a Sears kit in the 1930s is a physical remnant of FDR's New Deal following the Great Depression.

The historic villages and towns of Suffolk are filled with wonky wooden beam houses painted an unusual shade of pink. Unknown to many though, this sweet shade has a bloody history.

The front of this 17th-century cottage also contains a large, stone face.

The humble beginnings of one of America’s greatest songsmiths.

Named for a Greek oracle that interpreted the words of Zeus, this beautifully-restored manor home was once home to the architect of the Marshall Plan.

An architectural experiment in the Lower Ninth Ward, this row house is capable of floating as high as the Katrina floodwaters.

These cabins mark the site where our 11th president was born (probably).

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

The birthplace of the first author to win the Pulitzer Prize in fiction and poetry.

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

The summer estate of John Weeks offers dazzling views and a moose captured by Theodore Roosevelt.

This Art Deco house is home to the world's largest collection of Dora Gordine's paintings, drawings, and sculptures.

The former home of Ernst Jünger, an eccentric German novelist, philosopher, entomologist, and psychonaut.