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Retired, Still Working
Some people just can't relax when they retire. Unique, customized homes and backyards.
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Folk Artists
Where homes and yards are the canvas for art. |
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Recycled Wonders
Homes of bottles junk and even beer cans. |
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Inspired by Pain
Unique homes created out of suffering. |
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Funny Farms
A bowling ball garden, love pond and hundreds of dummies. |
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Something to Say
Decorating homes and yards to make a point. |
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Yards of Fun
For some pink flamingos is just the start. |
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Fantasy Gardens
Life-sized scarecrows huge boulders and thousands of flowers. |
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Strange, Yet Wonderful
From a House of Exotica to a Nuthouse. |
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The Collectors
Prairie farm collections and a House of Toys. |
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Junkyard Treasures
Remarkable recycled art from trash. |
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Paradise Found
A man-made mountain in the desert a temple in backwoods Georgia and an underground home in Ontario. |
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Artists in Residence
Life-sized robots, metal dogs, and the odd Cyclops in the garden. |
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Artists at Work
Chainsaw carving crazy critters, sculpting and welding in the living room. |
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Off the Beaten Track
Homes full of Hollywood dreams and the psychedelic 60s plus a place in the woods. |
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Yard Shows
Rocks, fine china, whimsical sculptures, and strange creatures decorate a variety of yards. |
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Hidden in the City
Fantastic footwear inside an old brewery? If the shoe fits... |
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Incredible Collections
Nooks and crannies filled with collectibles, including cats. |
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Up in the Air
A real tree house, two flying saucers and a dome home. |
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Castles Called Home
Strange copies of castles, one with a fire-breathing dragon. |
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Crazy Yards
Pop bottles glass chickens windmills and other unusual paraphernalia |
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Made with Passion
Places built with love and years of labour including a Greek temple from a plain urban home. |
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Roadside Attractions
From a Tinkertown to a crop of bizarre concrete creatures. |
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Staying Afloat
Home sweet floating homes including a former ferry. |
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Homemade Shrines
A celebration of all things Elvis, a monument to the lowly toilet seat and homage to hilarity. |
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Outsider Artists
A magical metal machine fuelled by imagination, whittled wonders and an artist who thinks VERY big. |
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Fun Houses
A sense of humour is definitely an asset to enjoy these places. |
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Home Is Where the Art Is
Artists whose canvasses are their homes. |
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Trash to Treasures
Art and collectibles created from junk. |
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Sticks and Bones
Homes adorned with art pieces created from really raw materials. |
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Down the Garden Path
Yards and gardens that go beyond tomatoes and tulips. |
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Life Underground
Home owners who choose to live in caves, missile silos, or hand-built underground homes. |
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33. | Playhouses
Some homes, like this tree house, martial arts home and hobbit house, just want to have fun. |
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34. | Fuelled By Dreams
Dreams are the ultimate unleaded fuel for three homes devoted to all things vehicular. |
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35. | Visions of Grandeur
A home is a medieval castle (or Roman villa, or African tribal mansion) for folks with grand vision. |
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36. | Dare to be Different
Homes where folks have dared to express themselves, with bowling ball gardens, taxidermy and bottle caps.
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37. | Radical Attitudes
With a little attitude and imagination, homes can make a statement about art, the environment or quality of life.
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38. | Spiritual Spaces
A Paradise Garden and a pyramid home are among the houses designed with spiritual spaces in mind.
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39. | Home on the Range
Wide-ranging interests and a few farm animals contribute to the weirdness of these homes.
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House Ahoy
Landlubbers with a driftwood house, a paddle wheeler and an extraordinary beachcomber.
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My Home, My Castle
Meet three couples who are Kings and Queens.
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Young at Heart
Fantasyland, a house of toys and a barnyard fairytales.
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There Goes the Neighbourhood
Not exactly the traditional neighbourhood.
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Off the Grid
Creature comforts in an unplugged environment.
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Different Strokes
Uncompromising artists whose homes are their canvas.
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Creature Comforts
Consider these personal animal houses.
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Earth Dwellers
Three families who mow the grass on their roofs.
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Wild Collections
Three collections that are really worth seeing.
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Life's a Gas
Are these houses, garages or gas stations?
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Living in the Past
Homes full of history and living museums.
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Sacred Spaces
A refuge from the world with visitors galore.
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Nothing to Waste
Creative uses of second hand stuff.
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Crazy Gardens
You won't see this stuff growing in Homes and Gardens.
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Wild West
These people are just cowboys at heart.
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Personal Touches
These homes were well and truly decorated.
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Artful Lodgers
Their homes are all ancient masterpieces.
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Flights of Fancy
Living in a 747, a spaceship apartment and flying dragons.
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Heavenly Creations
What can mud and straw and ocean tides have in common?
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On The Rocks
Foundations don't get any more solid than this.
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Labour of Love
Built for the love of others, these are.
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Remember When?
Really living life in bygone eras.
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Mind of Their Own
You can't look at these and say 'Oh, never mind'.
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Home Alone
Three bachelors in homes only men could love.
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Where The Heart Is
Three unique homes and the people who love them.
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Busy Bees
Now these are what we call hives of activity.
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66. | Against The Grain
Keeping up with the Jones’s is tough when the Jones’s have homes full of strange and wonderful objects. |
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67. | Daring Decor
Think waaaaay beyond beige. |
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68. | Bursting at the Seams
Pop art, postcards, sock monkeys, smiley faces, chrome, cartoons, missiles, space suits, kitsch and flamingos overwhelm the houses of these folks |
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69. | It’s a Jungle Out There
It takes a special kind of person to turn a cast-off into a custom creation. |
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70. | Secret Gardens
Creative gardens in the Pacific North West |
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71. | Zest for Life
A home full of rainbows,
one that takes us back to Egypt, and a club full of incredible sea-life creations |
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72. | No Ordinary Address
Passion is the principle behind these homes. |
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73. | Magnificent Obsessions
The home as a shrine to collections and hobbies. |
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74. | Living With Spirits
Visit a Voodoo princess in New Orleans, the home of a New York man
fascinated with death, the elements of feng shui and a house in Nova Scotia. |
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75. | For the Love of Art
When their home is the artist's canvas. |
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76. | Making Their Mark
These homeowners really
go the extra mile. |
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77. | Local Legends
Sometimes the past is more fun the second time around. |
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78. | One-Of-A-Kind
No cookie-cutter condos here. |