This NYC Japanese House in Flatbush, Brooklyn was built in 1903 by the firm Kirby, Petit, & Green in an effort to attract wealthy New Yorkers to the neighborhood.
The Witch's House in Beverly Hills has appeared in films, inspired Disney theme parks, and is currently inhabited by real estate agent Michael Libow.
On the tiny Belgian block mews known as Charles Lane in Greenwich Village, we found a townhouse with a most unusual entrance - Pez dispensers.
Untapped reader Matt Brothers submitted a house he found on top of an apartment after reading our roundup yesterday of quirky houses built atop apartments.
If you look up, New Yorkers are building residential homes, ski chalets and even a lighthouse on top of apartment buildings.