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Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Tawsam

In 1907, Lino Bueno had a job to do. At first it seemed simple enough: excavate some of the soft, rich limestone from the nearby hillsides to create municipal buildings for the city he lived in.... »

Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes, Follies and Grottoes, Outsider Architecture, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Piedrasmagicas, Mark_Casey and others

In 1986, the Snedeker family (Allen and Carmen, and their three sons, daughter, and two nieces) moved into a simple white duplex rental home in Southington, CT, that had at one time had been a... »

Eccentric Homes | Edited by JWOcker

After outliving the rest of her immediate family at a relatively young age, Sarah Winchester, of the famous Winchester Rifle clan, sought guidance from a psychic to see if the Winchesters were... »

Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Eccentric Homes | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

The 1971 horror film "Let’s Scare Jessica to Death" is the story of a woman recently released from a mental ward, who buys a house out in the country with her husband and friend to start a farm.... »

Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

Yale College in New Haven, CT, is well-known for its tomb societies—also called senior societies, and landed societies. These elite, secretive self-run student organizations have been around for... »

Memento Mori, Rites and Rituals, Eccentric Homes | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

The 1987 film "Flowers in the Attic" is based on the V.C. Andrews book of the same name and tells the story of four siblings imprisoned and horribly mistreated in an attic by their narcissistic... »

Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

Architects Karl Wanaselja and Kate Leger would be the first to tell you that they live in a junky house. Using the roofs cut out of 104 junkyard cars, Wanaselja created the roof and siding on his... »

Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes | Edited by acclarkey and Rachel

The 1981 The House by the Cemetery is an Italian horror movie directed by Lucio Fulci and filmed in the state of Massachusetts. It has all the trademarks of the Italian horror genre of that era,... »

Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

According to the story, a group of settlers were sailing to the New World from Ireland in 1720. En route, a girl was born to James and Elizabeth Fulton. After the child's birth, the ship was... »

Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Eccentric Homes | Edited by JWOcker