What quirky perks are hidden in Oregon homes? A Tiki room in the basement or a bomb shelter buried in the backyard? You bet. Flip through these photos to feel inspired by something uncoventional or feel comforted by the place where you live.

-- Janet Eastman

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Debbie Thomas Real Estate

You may flip over this condo at 1974 N.W. Lovejoy St. #5. And maybe swoop and swoon, but don't worry because there's a net to catch you. Kris Homsi customized his two-story home in Northwest Portland near the Pearl District by installing an acrobatic playground inside a 19-foot-tall atrium. From the top floor, aerialists and other high flyers can step outside elevated doorways and directly into the ether, tethered to gymnast rings or ropes. Then let go, to swing and spiral under skylights. Maybe even perform a crossback straddle with a ribbon of silk? The property is listed for sale at $595,000, with a pending offer, by agent Todd Peres of Debbie Thomas Real Estate. Read more

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Keller Williams Realty Professionals

"Droolworthy" doughnut king's Queen Anne castle: Live/work for $1.295 million. Read the fascinating story about the three-story building, completed in 1892, once owned by a doughnut seller and later used as boarding house then an office for an architectural firm and other businesses. The 5,340-square-foot dwelling is at 3040 S.E. McLoughlin Blvd. Listing agents John Hatch and Angela Stevens of Keller Williams Realty Professionals state: "The lucky owner will enjoy some of the best views in Portland, drool worthy original architectural details & fantastic floor plan."

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Coldwell Banker Valley Brokers

Dome homes look like something out of a storybook, like this one at 4722 NW Witham Hill in Corvallis, which sold for $307,500 in July 2016. It was listed by Janel Hoffmann of Coldwell Banker Valley Brokers. Read the whole story

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Stephen Cridland provided by Sodera Properties

West Linn's Hobbit House: A nine-dome home, built by a mime at 1850 Carriage Way, sold in May 2018 for $540,000 by listing agents Amy Asivido Christman and Lynnette May of Knipe Realty READ more

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Thanin Viriyaki

Engineer Bruce Campbell has lived in a 1969 Boeing 727-200 airplane since 2000 that's parked among Douglas fir trees on his 10-acre property in Hillsboro. Read the story

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Advantage Real Estate

The widow of the late 9th Earl of Shannon filled her unassuming 1975 two-story house at 2114 N.E. Crestview Drive in Newport with centuries-old stained glass and heirlooms that once outfitted European castles, cathedrals and chateaux. Walls are covered in French moire silk and doorways reconfigured into Gothic-style arches. In the dining room and foyer, ceiling stucco work was created from molds used in Italian palazzos. On the ceiling in the master bath, an image of the Virgin Mary presides over a hot tub with gold-colored fixtures. And the master bedroom ceiling has Byzantine-style mural of Jesus. The listing agent was Bonnie Saxton of Advantage Real Estate. Read more

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People think the giant glass structure with two massive pools at 2300 S.W. 103rd Ave. is a recreation center. It's easy to get confused, especially since the Portland property is wedged between Oregon 217, Ridgewood View Park and Ridgewood Elementary. But look again: It's not an enormous fun center but a 14,500-square-foot house. In fact, it could be considered the most kid-crazy, family friendly home in Oregon. Kevin Holtzman of Pacific Grand Realtors, represents the owners who have listed the property for sale at $4.5 million. See more

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Tudor fantasy: 6003 N Michigan Ave. in Portland sold in July 2018 for $351,000. The Tudor-style house, built in 1937, has three bedrooms, one bathroom and 3,206 square feet ($109 a square foot). Listing agent Deborah Betron of Bridgetown Realty states: "Tudor fixer on large corner lot on street of well-tended attractive homes. House is boarded due to rotted sills. This is a major fixer needing everything. CASH ONLY."

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The martians have landed in Eugene: 84154 Lorane Hwy. sold for $100,000 in August 2017. The dome home, built in 2009 on 3.8 sloped, wooded acres, has one bedroom, one bathroom and 855 square feet ($286 a square foot). The listing agent was Todd Cranmer of Eugene's Alternative.

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Victorian rainbow: 3834 N. Michigan Ave. in Portland sold for $570,000 in June 2018. The Victorian, built in 1891 on a 3,049-square-foot lot, has three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms and 1,810 square feet ($373 a square foot). "Perfect for ADU living or Air BnB-2nd living area w/full bath and kitchen," says listing agent Dawn Barry-Griffin of Portlandia Properties

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Oddball, doughnut-shaped Southeast Portland house sells fast, often and for more than asking price: The property at 71 SE 90th Ave. sold in June 2017 for 18.8 percent over its asking price. The new buyer offered $475,000 four days after the custom house on a 4,356-square-foot lot went on the market, according to real estate database Estately. Read the entire story.

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Is this a George Lucas character or a pointy dwelling facing 150 feet of creek front? 64709 E Barlow Trail Road in Rhododendron sold in July 2017 after eight days on the market for $315,000, almost 7 percent over its asking price of $295,000. The A-frame cabin among cedar trees with a deck overlooking Hackett Creek, was built in 1968 on 0.7 acres. The dwelling has three bedrooms, one bath and 1,136 square feet ($260 a square feet). The listing agent was Barbara Haugk of Windermere/Sandy Real Estate.

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Red Door Reality

Coos County's most celebrated house, built by a model and actress, is for sale at $775,000. A wooden bar, built-in hot tub and other entertaining areas justified the owners christening the house "Pleasant Point." The property at 1225 Ferry Road in North Bend includes the highly customized house and an attached apartment with a total of four bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms and 6,133 square feet of living space. "It's a home built for entertaining," says listing agent Shana Jo Armstong of Red Door Reality.

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Windermere Real Estate Lane County

A round house on the hill: The midcentury modern house at 2150 Stone Crest Dr. in Eugene, is described as "uniquely designed with playful curves" that provide panoramic views from the Coburg Hills to the Coast range. There's even circular tile decking. The asking price for the four-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom dwelling with 4,422 square feet of living space on 0.53 acres was $685,000 before it was taken off the market by listing agent Marcia Edwards of Windermere Real Estate Lane County.

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Keller Williams Realty Professionals

"HalloweenTown" witch house: The Victorian-era house, one of the first built in Eastmoreland, is for sale at $1,365,000. The master suite has two closets and a "magical" enclosed sitting porch, say listing agents John Hatch and Angela Stevens of Keller Williams Realty Professionals. Read more

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Modern home shaped like a public mailbox with a skylight that looks like a mail slot: 3831 SW Dosch Road in Portland sold in July 2017 for $586,300. The house, built in 1979 on 0.39 acres with views from three decks, has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 2,350 square feet ($297 a square foot). The listing agent was Beata Miklos of Savvy Lane.

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RMLS / Beth Nakamura

Munster house no more: Constructed from scratch in 2010, the intentionally creepy two-story home at 1313 Mockingbird Lane in Portland showcased gargoyles and a new staircase made to look abused. New owners gave the spooky mansion a makeover. Read the story

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Real Estate Investments

Dome homes get nicknames: People call them a Smurf Home, Hobbit House, Mushroom Abode, Flintstone Dwelling or Yoda's Place. Here's one at 47675 Lyons Mill City in Lyons, which sold for $485,000 in September 2016 by Sandy Lyness of Real Estate Investments.

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Updated Hansel and Gretel: An A-frame cabin with stellar views at 49855 Seasand Road in Neskowin sold in September 2017 for $275,000. The cabin, built in 1964 on a 8,276-square-foot lot, has one bedroom, one bathroom and 795 square feet ($396 a square foot). The listing agent was Rob Trost of Real Estate.

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The riverfront time capsule at 44944 McKenzie Hwy. in Leaburg sold for $527,000 in October 2017. The Northwest contemporary house, built in 1979 on 3/4 acre, has classic 1970s orange carpeting and an ivy-covered outbuilding that looks like it might be a bomb shelter. Windermere RE Lane County had the listing.

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Living Room Realty

Not your CPA's beach house: 91186 Hwy 101 in Florence was listed at $629,000. The custom house, built in 1978 on 1.37 acres, has two bedrooms, one bathroom and 932 square feet ($675) a square foot). The listing agents were Jakob Goodson and Anthony Le of Living Room Realty

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Farrell And Associates,

Pretty Victorian with an in-law apartment in the basement: 2009 NE Liberty St. in Portland sold for $550,000 in May 2017. The Victorian-era house, built in 1893 in Woodlawn, has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 2,331 square feet ($238 a square foot). The listing agent was Mark Farrell of Farrell And Associates

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Meadows Group Inc., Realtors

Toast the 1950s in this Tiki bar: This midcentury house at 11350 NE Klickitat St. in Portland's Parkrose Heights has a Tiki retreat tucked in the basement. The 0.4-acre property was sold for $598,600 in June 2017 by listing agent Bethann Prittie of Meadows Group Inc., Realtors

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Could Coraline discover a portal to another world here: 1610 SW Broadway Dr. in Portland sold in July 2017 for $560,000. The Victorian house, built in 1896, has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 2,179 square feet ($273 a square foot). The listing agent was Mel George of Realty Trust Group, Inc.

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Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Real Estate Professionals

Towering dome home: 3506 Onyx Place in Eugene is listed at $399,900, with a pending offer, by Adrienne St Clair and Edwin St Clair of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Real Estate Professionals.

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Greek Revival backs up to a wildlife refuge: 1311 SE Yukon St. in Portland sold in November 2017 for $1,331,600. The Greek Revival-style house, built in 1922 on a 9,583-square-foot lot in Sellwood-Moreland, has four bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms and 4,400 square feet. The listing agent was Lyle Peterson of Portland Creative Realtors.

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Looks like a chapel: 7238 SE 67th Ave. in Portland sold in January 2018 for 406,500. The pitched-roof house, built in 1912 on a 6,969-square-foot lot, has four bedrooms, two bathrooms and 2,232 square feet ($182 a square foot). The listing agent was Ellen Hudson of Redfin

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This woodsy, 5,227-square-foot lot at 9000 Hillcrest Road in Nehalem has a towering, Pacific Northwest-style house designed by architect Marvin Witt as a family retreat. Cedar, fir and glass dominate the dwelling with 1,252 square feet of living space. There are three bedrooms and 1.5 bathrooms. The property sold in January 2018 for $338,000 by Windermere Stellar.

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RE/MAX Equity Group,

Hidden door to the bomb shelter: 9448 SW Lancaster Road in Portland sold in September 2017 for $575,000. The midcentury daylight ranch, built in 1953 on 1.8 acres, has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 2,270 square feet ($257 a square foot). The listing agent was Jenny Milligan of RE/MAX Equity Group

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Backyard bomb shelter: Baby boomers know what "duck and cover" means, but will younger home buyers appreciate the buried fallout shelter in the backyard at 2010 NE 137th Ave. in Portland's Russell neighborhood? In addition to the tri-level ranch-style home's 2,167 square feet of living space, the roomy underground bomb shelter was tossed in for the $379,000 price. The property sold in July 2017 for its asking price. Photo by Sharon Alexander of RE/MAX Equity Group

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Former speakeasy: The 1907 clapboard house at 4635 N Mississippi Ave. in Portland's Humboldt neighborhood looks innocent enough, but it has a shady past: The basement was a speakeasy in the 1920s, says Rose Ojeda of Windermere Community Realty. If this illegal bar was like the others operating when Prohibition outlawed alcohol, neighbors were kept awake with all-night revelers and police raids. The house, listed at $620,000, got a full-price offer after four days on the market and sold in April 2017.

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Pacific Properties

A midcentury dwelling on stilts with a carport underneath at 750 Market in Coos Bay was influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright. The house, which sold for $393,500 in February 2018, has three bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms and 2,376 square feet ($166 a square foot). The listing agent was Joel Sweet of Pacific Properties

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Looking straight of out of a "Mad Men" set, this cedar-ceiling dwelling at 3115 SW Bennington Dr. in Portland sold in November 2017 for $895,000. The Northwest contemporary house, built in 1978 on a 10,018-square-foot lot, has four bedrooms, three bathrooms and 2,863 square feet ($313 a square foot). The listing agent was Teresa Catania of Where, Inc

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Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices NW Real Estate

Storybook log home: 4005 SE Monroe St. in Milwaukie sold in September 2017 for $274,000. The log home with vintage knotty pine paneling, built in 1938 on a 5,227-square-foot lot in the Minthorn Addition, has two bedrooms, one bathroom and 1,419 square feet ($199 a square foot). Listing agent Patti Gage of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices NW Real Estate describes the property as "like a rustic mountain getaway."

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"Tricked out" Northwest modern: 2938 SW Fairmount Blvd. in Portland sold in August 2017 for $580,000. The contemporary house was built in 1979 on a 9,583-square-foot lot on a bluff at the edge of the forest. The house has three bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms and 1,494 square feet ($388 a square foot). The listing agent was Gary Griggs of Windermere Stellar.

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Pitched roof floating house: 13410 NW Marina Way in Portland sold in September 2017 for $330,000. The three-level, contemporary-style dwelling with shake siding, built in 1987 on Larson's Morrage near Sauvie Island, has two bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,511 square feet ($218 a square foot). The listing agent was John Wesley McPherson of Premiere Property Group

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Luxe Platinum Properties

Wave-shape shelter: 1900 Twin Points Road in Lake Oswego, which sold for $5.5 million in August 2018, includes a main residence as well as this Robert Oshatz-designed studio, office and boat lift that was inspired by the movement of the water. Walls and ceilings of exposed Douglas fir beams follow the curve of the sweeping roofline that was built into the side of the hillside to prevent obstruction of the lake view from the road. The main house on 2.19 acres, has five bedrooms, four bathrooms and 6,776 square feet ($1,033 a square foot). The listing agent was Terry Sprague of Luxe Platinum Properties

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Vintage Camp Sherman cabin: 12380 SW River Road SW sold in September 2017 for $465,000. The single-story cabin, built in 1921, is close enough that you can drop a fly rod into the Metolius River. The cabin has two bedrooms, one bathroom and 1,337 square feet ($374 a square foot). The listing agent was Lynnea Miller of Bend Premier Real Estate.

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Eleete Real Estate

Bootlegger's Beaverton mansion now a spiritual rehab center: How's this for a twist? A mansion built with money gained by selling illegal booze during Prohibition is now a rehab center helping addicts. Called the Walker Road Castle by Beaverton locals, the property at 10930 S.W. Walker Road sold for $963,000 in August 2018. The listing agents were Renee Harper and Brian Budke of Eleete Real Estate. READ more

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Summa Real Estate Executives

Cool colors: 13140 SE Flavel St. in Portland sold for $799,000 in June 2018. The midcentury modern, built in 1961, has 2,131 square feet, three bedrooms and 3.5 very colorful bathrooms. The listing agents were Dave Judah and Cheryle Clunes of Summa Real Estate Executives

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Scooter not included: 9327 N Geneva Ave. in Portland sold in November 2017 for $375,000. The midcentury modern house, built in 1955 on a 4,356-square-foot lot, has two bedrooms, one bath and 980 square feet ($387 a square foot). The listing agent was Paul Johnston, M Realty.

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Where would Coraline live in Portland? This Victorian isn't pink, but it's close: 2521 SW 18th Ave. in Portland sold in January 2018 for $1.55 million. The remodeled Victorian, built in 1896, has four bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms and 3,560 square feet ($185 a square foot). The listing agent was Jack Stephenson of Oregon First

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Tiny home comes with a little yurt: 82451 Maple Road in Seaside sold for $65,000 in January 2018. The one-bedroom, two-bathroom dwelling has 345 square feet. The listing was with John L. Scott Seaside.

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Hasson Co.

For $2.75 million, a former bishop's 1911 Tudor Revival house at 1832 SW Elm St. in Portland comes with a chapel, wine cellar and top-floor ballroom-turned-playground. The name of the 8,888-square-foot house, Bishopcroft, honors original resident Rev. Charles Scadding, Oregon's third Episcopal Bishop. The listing agents are Marcia Kies and Rebecca Green of Hasson Co. Read more

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Vaulted Victorian: 2004 SE Ash St. in Portland was listed at $799,900 (pre-foreclosure price may be less). The three-level, steeply-pitched house, built in 1899 on a 4,791-square-foot lot, has five bedrooms, three bathrooms and 2,724 square feet ($294 a square foot). The listing agent was Randy Orr of Knipe Realty NW, Inc.

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Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Real Estate Professionals

Here's another dome: 84999 Larson Road in Eugene sold for $400,000 in November 2017. The Bucky Fuller-inspired shelter with no corners, built in 1979, has four bedrooms, 2.5 baths and 2,544 square feet ($157 a square foot). The listing agents were Adrienne St Clair and Edwin St Clair of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Real Estate Professionals.

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Purple abode: The bungalow, built in 1905 on a 3,484-square-foot lot at 2015 SE 46th Ave. in Portland, sold November 2017 for $341,000. The "condo alternative" had one bedroom, one bathroom and 584 square feet ($580 a square foot). The listing agent was Phyllis Ghazi of Premiere Property Group. The house was torn down to make room for a modern house, which is for sale at $949,500 by Chris Dawkins of Keller Williams-PDX Central

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Victorian ornamental trim: 218 NE Graham St. in Portland sold in November 2017 for $590,000. The Queen Anne house, built in 1900 on a 7.405-square-foot lot, has four bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms and 2,868 square feet ($202 a square foot). Inside are wainscot paneling, hardwood floors, pocket doors, stain glass windows and vintage hardware. The listing agent was Ben Coffee of Redfin

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Door to somewhere? 10549 NW Skyline Blvd. in Portland is listed at $499,900. The daylight ranch, built in 1937 on 2.1 acres, has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and 1,312 square feet ($381 a square foot). "Each bedroom has its own separate entrance and bathroom," says listing agent Tanya Smith of Redfin

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Could Popeye live in this floating home? This compact dwelling -- 676 square feet with a bathroom -- at 19609 NE Marine Dr Unit F-1 in Portland was the least expensive home around. It was only $19,900 or $29 a square foot. And yet it lingered on the market from August 2014 until June 15, 2017. Perhaps the reason is that the bobbing abode, sold "as is," has to vacate its spot. Seems Big Eddy Marina is not willing to renew the lease and it has to move. Staci Davis of Real Living/The Real Estate Group described the decor as "inspired by Old World Manhattan NYC" with "gorgeous woodwork, stamped tin ceilings & gas fireplace."

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John L. Scott NE Portland

Once a Roaring '20s showplace, now a $2 million tear down. Forgotten places don't age well. Think of the sad, fictional "Sunset Boulevard" palace where actress Gloria Swanson's silent film character dwelled. In real life, you can take a look at the once grand, now forlorn mansion at 429 NW Skyline Blvd. in Portland's Forest Park area. The 5,394-square-foot house is "likely a tear down," says listing agent Austin Sabin of John L. Scott NE Portland, who thinks a developer could carve up the 6.35-acre property, which is one of the last large estates with views of Mount Hood, Adams and St. Helens. Read more