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Steel Cube House

Graffiti House

Desert Sandcastle

Desert Sandcastle and More
Come along as we take a look at three of the most unusual houses in the country. First, we meet a couple in Frankfort, Ill., who had architect Robert Juris build them a large cube-shaped, modern house out of steel to complement the massive electrical towers in their backyard. Next, it's on to Miami, to see a house covered in graffiti — on purpose! The homeowner purchased the rundown apartment building, put another $600,000 into it to fix the place up and then spray painted every square inch with graffiti in an effort to draw attention to the building and drive away some of the drug-dealing tenants. We wrap in Phoenix, where we check out an 8,000-square-foot castle constructed by a father for his 2-year-old daughter, whom he was forced to abandon after contracting tuberculosis in the 1930s. The house was made to resemble the sandcastles the two made together on the beach in the Pacific Northwest. The daughter, now in her 70s, only found out about the castle after her father passed away. She still lives there to this day.

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