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Luna Parc

Sandyston, New Jersey

A private New Jersey home transformed into a riot of mosaics and folk art.

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Longaberger Basket Building

Newark, Ohio

A seven-story office building was constructed as a colossal replica of a Longaberger market basket, complete with enormous handles arching over the roof.

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Mushroom House

Cincinnati, Ohio

Curving cedar, copper, glass, ceramics, and sculpted surfaces transform an ordinary Cincinnati lot into a house that looks grown rather than constructed.

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Cloud Chamber for the Trees and Sky

Raleigh, North Carolina

A turf-covered stone chamber in an art museum park works as a walk-in camera obscura, projecting an upside-down image of the outside world onto its interior.

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Paper House

Rockport, Massachusetts

A mechanical engineer turned layers of old newspaper into walls, chairs, desks, and even a grandfather clock inside this astonishing Cape Ann house.

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Pasaquan

Buena Vista, Georgia

A seven-acre visionary art compound glows with concrete totems, painted walls, and a private cosmic religion.

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Dick and Jane’s Spot

Ellensburg, Washington

A private Ellensburg home has spent decades growing a yard full of reflectors, bottle caps, bicycle wheels, carved heads, mosaics, whirligigs, and outsider art.

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Mars Desert Research Station

Hanksville, Utah

In the Utah desert, crews live inside a white cylindrical habitat, wear simulated spacesuits, grow plants, drive rovers, and practice living on Mars without leaving Earth.