Extreme Homes

The word extreme means different things to different people, and to these homeowners it means pushing the envelope as far as possible. Construction to completion, take an up-close look at some of the world's most spectacular houses ever built - from a modern Italian castle to a seaside house made of refrigerator panels, from a floating home that was a ferry boat to a spherical house that revolves with the sun - and find out what makes them all so unique.

The word extreme means different things to different people, and to these homeowners it means pushing the envelope as far as possible. From construction to completion, take an up-close look at some of the world's most spectacular houses ever built - from a home carved right into the side of a red rock canyon to one that is built completely underground, from a home suspended in mid-air to one that is concrete from the floors to the furniture - and find out what makes them all so unique.

The word extreme means different things to different people, and to these homeowners it means pushing the envelope as far as possible. From construction to completion, take an up-close look at some of the world's most spectacular houses ever built - from a cliffside home perched on top of a waterfall to one that is built out of cargo containers, from a home in the middle of a Brazilian rain forest to one that looks like a whale - and find out what makes them all so unique.

This amazing assortment of homes from all over the world includes a Brazilian home shaped like a white box , a house in Vermont that's a palatial palace in the snow, an oasis in Phoenix built between two huge mountains and a pod house in New York straight out of a sci-fi movie. Sweden gives us a home that with a turn of a crank extends out like an accordion, Mexico has an underground home shaped like a flower, there's a home in Austria whose owners can pick up and move anywhere, and in the Arizona desert a there's house that looks like a dozen colorful Easter eggs. On the island of Grenada, we'll find a castle on the sand, in the Brazilian rainforest, a house that is suspended in mid-air and on the island of Hawaii, a shell house that takes beach living to a whole new level.