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Gloucester, Massachusetts

Hammond Castle Museum

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.
La Pera, Spain

The Gala Dalí Castle

Of course Salvador Dalí lived in a castle...
Largs, Scotland

Kelburn Castle

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.
Newquay, England

The Island, Newquay

Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.
Phoenix, Arizona

Mystery Castle

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.
Quilmes, Argentina

Casa de Botellas 'La Fortaleza'

An artist's statement of new uses for ordinary and discarded materials.
Bournemouth, England

Russell-Cotes Museum

A museum based on the collection of a Victorian family. Housed in a remaining Victorian villa.
Photographed by Arpad Horvath, June 2006
Székesfehérvár, Hungary

Bory Castle

Hungarian self-built castle.
Permanently Closed
The tree house exterior
Crossville, Tennessee

Minister's Treehouse

This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.
A peace sign grafted in a cherry tree
Williams, Oregon

Reames- Arborsmith Studios

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.
Sandia Park, New Mexico

TinkerTown

"I did this all while you were watching TV."
Sarasota, Florida

John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.
Permanently Closed
Los Angeles, California

Youngwood Court

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.
Fresh snow accentuates a warm ancient Puebloan city.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

Mesa Verde National Park

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Towers of Svaneti
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia

Towers of Svaneti

Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.
Waxahachie, Texas

Munster Mansion

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.
Albion Castle from the front of the property
San Francisco, California

Albion Castle

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.
Montague Township, New Jersey

Luna Parc

Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.