From living inside a dog to a $620 million bubble palace: The weirdest homes in the world ranked

They say home is where the heart is, and for some people the heart is in some pretty odd places.

In an episode of World's Weirdest Homes – which you can watch for free on World's Weirdest Homes – the series counts down its top 10 oddest homes across the globe, from a dog-shaped house to a 'palace' worth $620 million.

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Read on for a glimpse into these very unusual living arrangements:

10. A dumpster in New York

On a footpath in Brooklyn, New York is a large green skip bin – but as the lid opens up and a man emerges, it's clear this is not your average rubbish bin.

While Gregory Kloehn lives in California for nine months of the year but returns to live in the bin every summer.

Greg originally started out building shelters for the homeless, before realising that the designs had everything he could need as well. See for yourself in the video below:

The artist spent $1000 kitting out his home, which has a little oven, stove and a toilet hooked up to a septic tank.

"I've transformed this dumpster into such a way that it is a home, for me. Maybe not everyone else will see it as a home but I enjoy living in it," he said.

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9. The world's biggest dog

Good news – this canine-inspired home is a Bed & Breakfast, so if you fancy a trip to Idaho, look it up!

The home, built by owner Dennis and affectionately called Sweet Willy, is modelled off a beagle, but it's 12 feet wide, 30ft tall and yes, habitable.

Inside, it's just as barking mad as you'd expect!

8. Floating on plastic island

Richart Sowa is originally from England, but moved a world away to a floating artificial island he built himself in Mexico.

How does it float? Well, on the 160,000 plastic bottles he collected.

Richart's living space, which he calls a "glorified tent" has a bedroom downstairs, a gym upstairs and a yoga deck on the roof.

It's not his first island home either: in the 90s, his home dubbed 'Spiral Island' was destroyed in a hurricane.

7. A 130 metre long snake apartment building

Mexican architect Javier Senosiain was inspired by an Aztec serpent god to create Quetzalcoatl's Nest, which houses 10 apartments inside the snake on the outskirts of Mexico City.

Spread across 165,000 square feet, the space also has botanical gardens, sparkling lakes, and mineral caves.

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6. A psychedelic shell house

Down the road from the snake, Javier Senosiain created another unusual home made up of 600 multi-coloured crystals.

It is the home of Magali Mayorga, a Mexican soap star who loves how unusual it is.

"It's a different way of living," she said.

Incredibly, the three bedroom home was constructed out of one huge piece of sprayable cement making it earthquake proof.

5. The nuclear fallout shelter with a pool

At first glance, Mark Volka's Vegas home looks completely normal: palm trees line the space, with green grass, blue skies, fountains and of course, a pool.

But, well, it's all actually underground, in a nuclear fallout shelter with bomb-proof walls that is bigger than a football pitch.

It was built in 1978 at a cost of $37.7 million in today's money, it's a relic of the Cold War now most useful for pool parties you cannot get sunburnt at!

See it for yourself:

4. The world's thinnest house

Just 122 centimetres at its widest and 72cm at its thinnest, Etgar Keret's Warsaw house can lay claim to being the thinnest in the world.

In fact, it has just 14sqms of floor space.

While it's not one for the claustrophobics, Etgar sees the joy in his tiny space.

"In a space like this everything seems to be fun. It's this feeling that you're climbing walls. My son says that it makes him feel like a superhero!"

3. The Palace of Bubbles

Anyone have a spare $620 million?

If so, this unique mansion in the French Riviera could be yours!

The Palace of Bubbles is quite rightly owned by French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, who is credited with creating the 'bubble dress'.

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There are no straight lines at all in the huge house, which is made of 23 interconnected bubbles, has three swimming pools and 10 bedrooms all overlooking the Mediterranean below.

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2. UFO home

Dr Barney Vincelette's home was built before man set foot on the moon but looks like something out of a space-age film.

The flying saucer-inspired 'futuro house' is not flying, of course, but it has been math professor Barney and his wife Carol's home for almost 50 years.

Designed in the '60s, only 100 futuro homes were ever made and Barney and Carol are now the last living occupants of one.

1. A Boeing 727

Hidden within a pine forest in Oregon is an old plane, which thankfully has not crash landed! It's a Boeing 727, placed deliberately, to be pilot Bruce Campbell's home.

That gives a whole new meaning to taking your work home with you!

The plane is 150ft long, has more than 80 windows (which don't open) and has 93sqm of living space, which is all open plan.

It's not exactly glamorous, with an original airplane toilet and jury-rigged shower, plus no proper kitchen or bedroom:

Take a tour of all these weird homes, and plenty more honourable mentions, on World's Weirdest Homes on 9Now.

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