a how would you like to come home after a long day, open the door, and walk into an elephant? that’s what you would do if you lived in elephant house in margete, new jersey. the elephant-shaped house was built in 1881 by james lafferty. in 1962, herbert green built a chicken-shaped house. sarah winchester tried to build a ghost-proof house in san jose california. workers built fake chimneys, doors that open onto blank walls and stairs that lead nowhere. many rooms were torn down and then rebuilt in a new way to confuse the ghosts. it took 38 years to complete the house! some houses are built of strange materials. a house in pigeon cove, massachusetts,