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New York, New York
The Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.
Chedglow, England
Colin's Barn
Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.
Melbourne, Australia
Captain Cook's Cottage
The 18th-century home was disassembled into 253 cases and brought all the way from the other side of the world.
animals
The Small Mystery of Why Bats Keep Returning to This House
“I don't understand why of all of these beautiful homes, mine is the one the bats are attracted to."
New York, New York
Cherokee Apartments
This Upper East Side apartment co-op was designed as a tuberculosis sanitarium.
Raleigh, North Carolina
Pumping Station House
A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.
Brooklyn, New York
Ebbets Field Apartments
The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.
Denver, Colorado
'Unsinkable' Molly Brown House
One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.
architecture
Portable Architecture You Can Roll, Wear, Tow, or Float
A sauna on skis and 11 other dwellings made to move.
Washington, D.C.
FBI Spy House
A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.
Porterville, California
Zalud House
The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.
houses
The End of a Long Controversy Over a Striped Townhouse
It's been more than two years in the making.
Hammondsport, New York
T.M. Younglove Octagon House
In the mid-19th century, an eight-sided house was the latest fad.
Matera, Italy
Sassi di Matera
People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.
London, England
William Blake's Home
The townhouse where the English poet created some of his most influential work has been preserved in tribute.
Carrabelle, Florida
Carrabelle Bottle House
The bottle house obsession struck a Florida man in his retirement, and now he can't stop building.
Suzdal', Russia
Museum of Wooden Architecture and Peasant Life
300-year-old villagers houses and traditional churches preserve a nearly lost piece of Russian history.
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Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
James Baldwin's House in France
The writer took refuge in this home in Southern France for the last 17 years of his life.
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