Writer Gretchen Cook and photographer David Kidd scoured Washington looking for the quirkiest homes in the area. The seven they profile in the September issue—including a scaled-down replica of the White House, a Rennaissance castle in Chevy Chase, a pyramidlike homage to the Aztec or Mayan monuments, and a mushroom-shaped house in Bethesda—defy convention.
Click here to see slideshows of all seven wacky homes.
