Your Guide To The 2019 Weird Homes Tour

METRO DETROIT, MI — The Weird Homes Tour is ready to debut the 2nd Annual home line-up with homes in Royal Oak this year, too.

The Weird Homes Tour celebrates unconventional homes in select cities around the country. During the self-paced tour visitors will see some of the most odd, extraordinary, inspirational and yes a bit “weird” homes that Detroit has to offer. The Detroit tour is set for Saturday, August 24 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Riding off last year's inaugural wave, WHT Founder, David Neff, has been ecstatic to return to Detroit, sharing that "Our first year in Detroit was a smashing success, so much we had to come back! And the city, with its rich history and big-hearted residents, has welcomed us with open arms.”

With the purchase of a ticket, Weird Homes Tour will provide a map of the homes, and visitors can start and stop when they want, any time throughout the day, viewing the homes in the order of their choice. At each home the owners are onsite, available to answer questions and go in-depth into their design, unique aesthetic, and perspectives.

Tickets are on sale now starting at $30 to see all seven homes, spread across different neighborhoods in and around Detroit, and $45 to attend the full tour plus exclusive access to one VIP home (Detroit Gallery of Metals) including light refreshments.

Purchase tickets here, or learn more about the tour at www.weirdhomestour.com.

Here's your overview of the houses:
The Boom Boom Museum – Matt and Sara’s dwelling is anything but your typical Royal Oak apartment. Sporting a Tiki Room out of this world. The double decker infinity pool is your first glimpse into what will surely be sensory overload.

Hamtramck Disneyland – Hamtramck Disneyland is the folk art masterpiece of Dymtro Szlak. Taking nearly 30 years to construct the 'land' it is built atop the two garages on the properties that he owned, filling the air with whimsical kinetic structures that light up and play music.

Ron's Recycled Roost – Tucked away in a quiet eastside Detroit neighborhood hides Ron's handmade wonderment of custom woodwork and true Detroit DIY-style skill. Revived from its official condemned status by the city, and once crumbling at nearly all its seams this 'roost' is a must see.

MBAD African Bead Museum – 16 years ago, Olayami Dabls came to the corner of Grand River and West Grand Blvd with a vision. Today, it covers almost an entire city block, and houses 18 outdoor installations, African Bead Gallery, N’kisi House and African Language Wall.

The David's Pop Art House – From the outside Judy and John Davids’ home you might think it’s your run- of-the-mill modest 1916 bungalow but you would be very, very wrong. Inside it is like a large pop art installation where practically every wall has a bold color or covered with a psychedelic print.

Detroit Artists' Test Lab – Glenn's one part gallery, one part residence, and one part artist incubation space, is a feat of some serious dedication and creativity. A place with bowling alley kitchen counters, lights above made from cheese graters, tool boxes used to hold utensils and car side mirrors act as sconces.

Fun House of Style – Returning for her second year on the tour, Shanise has decorated her home with what inspires her. The home is bursting with creative style, vintage board games, lunchboxes, autographed posters, and framed magazine covers.

Detroit Gallery of Metals (VIP home) – The Detroit Gallery of Metals, the is not just the home and studio of renowned metal artist, Carlos Nielbock, but it is a cultural institution established to celebrate, preserve, and explore the role of metal arts in Detroit and around the World. From his signature ornamental metalworks, such as the legendary “Detroit Sign”, iron elements of the Industrial Revolution, Bronze sculptures of West Africa, to Detroit Windmill Sculpture Park, the Detroit Gallery of Metals is a wonderland of metal arts and history. (Available for VIP ticket holders only)