Eccentric Homes in New York City

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

Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.

The childhood home of one of America's greatest unsung troubadours still stands in a much changed Brooklyn neighborhood.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

A world of whimsy and wonder aboard a one of a kind historic landmark vessel.

The home of one of America's most beloved fictional characters has become a real world landmark.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

Where Greenpoint's first European settler—and troublemaker—made his home.