Houses

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

A delightful museum entirely dedicated to the tiny homes of dolls.

This 500-year-old Tudor home is a treasure trove of history and mystery.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

A father built this one-of-a-kind house in the shape of his son's race car.

The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.

The now-public home of a renowned art collector is full of unique pieces from viceregal and 19th-century Mexico.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

The eccentric midcentury home of a suspected mafia gun-runner.

A historical home in upstate New York honors the work of John W. Jones, a formerly enslaved man who was a major agent for the Underground Railroad.

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

The farmhouse owned by the Danish author who wrote "Out of Africa" is now a museum honoring her legacy.

The small first-floor apartment where the author wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'Gone with the Wind.'

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

These rustic holiday homes are made from discarded fishing boat hulls.

Suspended above the ground in a thicket of towering Georgia trees is a modern architectural wonder.

An eccentric German artist built this weird and wondrous castle packed with shocking sculptures and alien art.

The home of Mahatma Gandhi during part of the 21 years he spent living in South Africa is now a guest house.