Eccentric Homes in the United States

Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.

This colonial mansion has been home to a staggering number of American historic figures.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

The remains of a historic ranch house that witnessed the Civil War battle dubbed the “Gettysburg of the West.”

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.

Wayne Newton's sprawling estate is now open for visitors to catch a glimpse of his "heart and soul."

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.

Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

The childhood home of the meat inspector who would become the face of America.