Offbeat America

Bourbon Street Basement and More

Episode HOBA-104H

The road trip starts in Pennsylvania, where a Mardi Gras-loving couple has built a three-story replica of New Orleans' Bourbon Street in their basement. Next up is San Diego pair of surfers who live in a boathouse that has never set sail, a 93-year-old dynamo that built a 20-foot-high wall around his two-acre property by himself, and a Coronado Island woman who uses every inch of her home, including appliances, as a canvas for her creativity. Finally, we'll meet a retired master plumber in San Antonio who uses toilet-seat covers as his amazing art.

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