A scene building labor of love... Recently very dear friends of ours purchased a farm. Everyone it seems is moving! We moved and at least 10 of our friends have too. I feel like I
These houses in South Carolina are real head-turners.
Here we feature another in our occasional series looking at slightly oddball houses that have featured in movies and take a timely look at the Brenton House in Boulder, Colorado. If it appears familiar and you are a fan of the work of Woody Allen you may well have seen it in Sleeper but there’s [&hellip
These houses in South Carolina are real head-turners.
IT is one of Britain’s best-loved buildings but beyond the manicured gardens and imposing façade of Hampton Court Palace lie a number of surprises.
These bizarre roadside attractions in South Carolina are real head-turners.
This California oddball of a house was spotted on my drive along Highway 395. A small trailer park sit right behind it. If you have to give directions you could say something like make a right turn and the lemon peel house with a fake dinosaur and cactus in front. Hard to miss I'd say. I love finding these little oddball home on a long roadtrip. They make me smile and be glad that the creative mind has a playful spirit.
These oddball properties range from quirky and unconventional to downright bizarre.
A spooky statue with half its face missing is among the creepy items found in an abandoned mansion in the French countryside but the photographer will not reveal the location.
Oregon has many examples of oddball and adorable homes, as we see here like the nine-dome home nicknamed "The Flintstone's House," "Yoda's House," "The Hobbit," "Bubble House" and "Mushroom Dome."
Ingenious engineering and the will of slightly crazy homeowners, brings architecture to new heights
Oregon has many examples of oddball and adorable homes, as we see here like the nine-dome home nicknamed "The Flintstone's House," "Yoda's House," "The Hobbit," "Bubble House" and "Mushroom Dome."
Missing. Historically located in the Blue Room at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.
Decorated in action figures, Greek statues or just lots and lots of cork, these homes draw gawking locals and tourists
When a friend sent us news that legendary New Yorker cartoonist George Booth had died, we realized that his work has provided joy, comfort, and uplift throughout our entire adult life. In a single drawing, he managed to convey the wild complexity of ordinary lives through the simplest of details, embedded with a deeply life-affirming message.
We need more of those oddball houses at the end of the street that neighbours complain about because it doesn’t look anything like the other houses. Graphic designer Matthias Jung is not an architect but he creates what he calls ‘architectural short poems’, surreal homes put together from photo material that he collects, building his own architectural misfits. Don’t you just…
When talking about some of America's heftier cars, we often say things like, "what a tank" or "it's built like a tank". Well, in the case of David C's recent barn sighting, it's built like a tank because it is a tank! This past weekend, he stopped by the open house for the Americans in Wartime...
Ah, the "Frank Lloyd Wright inspired" listing--it can range from the bland traditional that bears no resemblance to any work by FLW to something more like this oddball, which is full of crazy...
Do we really ever grow out of wanting a treehouse? A vacation rental might answer that question.
Vacation season approaches. Hotel reservations are ramping up for warm, exotic locales. But if conventional relaxation isn’t enough, off-the-grid adventure may soothe your soul. These oddball hotels could do the trick. Hobbit House (Boulder Canyon, South Dakota) Don't touch “precious” in this whimsical treehouse inspired by The Lord of the Rings. On the [...]
This oddball desert dome house looks like a spaceship on the outside and a '50s movie set on the inside.
Today's Craigslist sift yields a listing for a "one of a kind guest house in the picturesque Castellammare neighborhood of Pacific Palisades." Per the ad, the approximately 500-square-foot...
Vacation season approaches. Hotel reservations are ramping up for warm, exotic locales. But if conventional relaxation isn’t enough, off-the-grid adventure may soothe your soul. These oddball hotels could do the trick. Hobbit House (Boulder Canyon, South Dakota) Don't touch “precious” in this whimsical treehouse inspired by The Lord of the Rings. On the [...]
A Portland house packed with puppets has been added to the popular, now virtual tour on Sept. 26.
If you know us, you know we love weird architectural history from the height of the utopian design age, but the idea of spending lockdown inside a radical sci-fi social experiment might take some convincing. This odd cluster of spherical houses is known as Bolwoningen, built in 1984 by artist Dries Kreijkamp as part of…
What quirky perks are hidden in Oregon homes? Flip through these photos to feel inspired or comforted by where you live.
I KNOW A LOT of gardeners, including myself, who might be called oddballs. But with help from Niki Jabbour, let’s be more polite and talk
Are your D&D Village NPCs always a barkeep? Here's how to populate a D&D village with NPC oddballs!
With his series ‘American Asylums’, photographer Jeremy Harris takes a look at the derelict architecture of abandoned mental hospitals. The images highlight the sometimes bizarre structures that were built as a form of therapy – serving as a reminder of the thousands of individuals who lived in these places, some for the majority of their […]
We need more of those oddball houses at the end of the street that neighbours complain about because it doesn’t look anything like the other houses. Graphic designer Matthias Jung is not an architect but he creates what he calls ‘architectural short poems’, surreal homes put together from photo material that he collects, building his own architectural misfits. Don’t you just…
Today's Craigslist sift yields a listing for a "one of a kind guest house in the picturesque Castellammare neighborhood of Pacific Palisades." Per the ad, the approximately 500-square-foot...
It's located on its own private alley
We need more of those oddball houses at the end of the street that neighbours complain about because it doesn’t look anything like the other houses. Graphic designer Matthias Jung is not an architect but he creates what he calls ‘architectural short poems’, surreal homes put together from photo material that he collects, building his own architectural misfits. Don’t you just…
