Spanning thousands of miles and five different states, documenting the many bizzare living arrangements and eccentricities of several extraordinary people. Ben Skora's "all-electronic" home in suburban Chicago, where even the most mundane household items take on a life of their own, becomes a minefield for owner and filmmaker alike. A missile silo near Topeka, Kansas becomes a New Age refuge for a very soft-spoken couple, Ed and Diana Pedan. Late Japanese cult actress Linda Beech takes us into her "tree house," nestled in the Hawaiian rain forests, with water and houseboys cascading around her. Cajun wise man Bill Tregle instructs viewers on the "do's and don'ts" of alligator upkeep from his bayou house boat-mansion. And Bob Walker and Francis Mooney's cats are given the ultimate playground in America's largest litter box, a creation of rat effigies and cat freeways. The chronicle connects their stories into a mosaic of American ingenuity and architectural possibility.