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00:00Show open, take one.
00:03In a world where shiplap means serenity
00:08and subway tiles sparkle with timeless taste.
00:11Yeah, this isn't that world.
00:14Whoa!
00:15One woman will stop at nothing.
00:18Hurry.
00:19Hey, that's me.
00:21To track down the ugliest houses across America.
00:25I don't know if I love it or hate it.
00:28So far, she's conquered the worst of the Great Plains.
00:33This place is mayhem.
00:36The most shocking in the Midwest.
00:39One person's trash is another person's art.
00:42The awfulest in the Ozarks.
00:45What?
00:47We have taken down thousands of dingle-dangle birds.
00:50Every corner.
00:52And now she'll take on the Big East.
00:56I'm getting too old for this.
00:58We're going back east, baby.
01:03And I have a feeling that amongst those picturesque landscapes and towns, unexpected ugly lies hidden.
01:11Which is why I'm in the quaint Sykesville, Maryland.
01:14It's adorable.
01:17With its historic Main Street and its vintage train station, it actually won Coolest Small Town in America.
01:27Yeah, that's a real thing.
01:30I'm here to meet Jeff and Jill.
01:33We're going to find out if the coolest small town in America also has the ugliest house in America.
01:41Stranger things have happened.
01:42It's big.
01:49Maybe a little bit awkward.
01:52We shall see.
01:53We are Posse Deep.
02:07Nice to meet you.
02:08Nice to meet you.
02:08Okay, what are our names?
02:10Bella.
02:10Bella.
02:11I like that name.
02:12What's your name?
02:12Dylan.
02:13Dylan.
02:14I like that okay.
02:15What's your name?
02:16Hayden.
02:16Hayden!
02:17Love that name.
02:18No, I'm kidding.
02:18I'm sorry, guys.
02:19Okay, well, let's check it out.
02:21Let me in, Hayden.
02:22I'm moving.
02:24I'm Jill, and this is my husband, Jeff.
02:25We live in Sykesville, Maryland in this crazy cabin of confusion.
02:30We have six floors in our house, I think.
02:33One, two, three, four.
02:35I guess if you consider this a five, six, seven, so I guess it would be seven.
02:40I thought it was an amazing house.
02:42When we came back during the inspection, that's when he was kind of like, uh-oh, what did we get ourselves into?
02:48We're inside, but it looks like we're outside.
02:50We got outdoor windows, doors, sliding doors everywhere, pink duck work going through the house,
02:55and just all different colors in different places, different woods.
02:58Every room you go into is like another adventure as you walk through it.
03:02We're coming up.
03:03I'm coming up the landing.
03:06You got like, what is it called?
03:08Uh, like a little stone wall.
03:10Don't know how that got there.
03:12I put the plants in there just because I didn't know what to do with the wall.
03:15Right.
03:15Just to make it look a little prettier.
03:17And you guys were like, what?
03:20Plants.
03:22Okay, what are you going to show me first?
03:25The great room.
03:26They like elephants.
03:27They liked animals in general, actually.
03:32Oh, my gosh.
03:34Whoa.
03:35Whoa.
03:38This is an amazing room.
03:40This is his trophy room for all his pieces.
03:44You could put two more floors in here.
03:47And that was our fault when we first bought the house.
03:49They had so many different mounts and different heads all on the walls, and they had a full giraffe right in the center.
03:55Stop.
03:56Stop.
03:56So you had all the animals in here.
04:00These look like portholes.
04:02Yep.
04:02Was this supposed to be the ark?
04:04It's giving me arky vibes.
04:06Yes.
04:07I never thought of it that way.
04:08Yeah, that makes sense.
04:10Wow.
04:11I feel like he kind of should have saved this for last.
04:13Unless there's something crazier.
04:15Well, there might be.
04:15Oh, look at this badness.
04:27Again, I don't know if I love it or hate it.
04:32This is definitely the party room.
04:35Apparently, they were on a cruise somewhere, and this bar was on the cruise ship.
04:39They fell in love with it.
04:42Those are ducks.
04:43Those are the only animals that remained.
04:45I mean, they had a cocktail or two in here, for sure.
04:50Where are we off to next?
04:51We are going to head out the door here to the left, go down the hallway, and then I'll let you know once you're out that hallway.
04:59Okay.
05:01They need a nap.
05:03Like the casinos.
05:05You are here.
05:06You want to get to here.
05:09Start.
05:09Straight ahead, if you see out there, we are.
05:15What?
05:15So this is our pink.
05:18It is.
05:20Bedroom.
05:22What is happening here?
05:24Yeah, there's sliding glass doors.
05:26So this is that original part of the house.
05:29This was the main section they had here, and then they built on with the other one on the backside, and they decided to connect it somehow between these little funky staircases.
05:36You guys up?
05:43Yep.
05:44Hello.
05:45Good morning.
05:46Good morning.
05:46Breakfast?
05:48If someone handed me the plans to this house, I'd be like, what is this madness?
05:52So this is the bathroom.
05:54Correct.
05:54Can I check that out?
05:55Yes.
05:56Oh, my goodness.
05:58Oh, my goodness.
06:00This is the Love Shack bathroom.
06:02The shower, actually probably my least favorite part of this bathroom, if it can get any worse.
06:07I call it the UFO shower because I feel like I'm encapsulated.
06:11It's tight.
06:14This is a functional nightmare.
06:16I have one more place to show you.
06:17Okay.
06:19This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen.
06:22I don't like it.
06:26I like it better from down there.
06:28Right.
06:28Not this space if you're not a fan of heights.
06:30Yeah, this ain't for me.
06:33Let me say something.
06:35I've been to a lot of houses, almost 100.
06:38This is Cuckoo Bananas.
06:43So, as you know, you are one of three semifinalists in the Big East.
06:49I'm going to thank you for showing me your home.
06:51Thank you for coming.
06:52Thank you for coming.
06:52I'm going to find my way back out the door.
06:55Wish me luck.
06:56Give her the map.
06:56That was an interesting tour.
07:02A tour of the mazing arc.
07:08The mazing arc.
07:09Get it?
07:09M-A-Z-E dash I-N-G.
07:11Uh-huh.
07:11The appearance?
07:12A three-story maze.
07:16It feels like, is there a term?
07:18Connect-a-box?
07:20I'm coining it.
07:21Connect-a-box.
07:23The awkwardness is having to navigate seven floors at varying levels in order to get around
07:29your own house.
07:30You'll get altitude sickness before you even make it to your destination.
07:34The surprise?
07:36The actual arc.
07:37Literal space to keep animals.
07:41Wow.
07:42The Big East.
07:43Noah would have been proud.
07:44Next up on my epic quest to find Big Ugly in the Big East, we're heading north and east
07:52to a small town deep in the woods where the population is low and the cell phone service
07:58is non-existent.
08:00I'm in Vershear, Vermont.
08:02Vershear got its name by combining Vermont and New Hampshire.
08:06Vershear.
08:07Vermont, New Hampshire, Vershear.
08:10I'm here to meet Brooklyn and Dylan.
08:13And to see if they have the ugliest house in America.
08:20It might have been worth the trip.
08:25Hello!
08:28Everybody, come outside!
08:30Brooklyn?
08:31Yes.
08:32Dylan?
08:33Braxton?
08:34Cash?
08:35Bodie?
08:36Bodie?
08:37Yeah.
08:38You're very handsome.
08:39Yeah.
08:40Yeah, yeah, I figured you'd know that.
08:43How do you guys like it here?
08:44It's great.
08:45I don't like the woods.
08:47I like spiders.
08:49God bless.
08:50Okay, tell me about this house.
08:53Is there a significance for the colors?
08:54We do love orange.
08:56So, great color choice.
08:58But, uh, it's a lot.
09:00At least you never get lost when you're driving up to it.
09:03You know you're there.
09:03No kidding.
09:04Should we check out the inside of the house?
09:06Let's do it.
09:06Let's go inside.
09:07Why don't you guys go play off in the woods for a little bit while we check it out.
09:10In the woods.
09:13Is there a specific style?
09:15An artist special, maybe?
09:18I call it a hodgepodge.
09:21This is how I describe the style.
09:25Take it!
09:25My name is Brooklyn.
09:30This is my husband, Dylan.
09:32We live in Versher, Vermont.
09:33And this is our nightmare.
09:37So, I showed it to him as a joke initially.
09:40And he was like, I kind of like it.
09:42Once I saw the tree in the house, I was like, oh, that's pretty cool.
09:44I can dig that.
09:46We like everything other than the decor, the actual inside.
09:50There's open doorways.
09:52There's open windows into other people's rooms.
09:56We definitely want to make it less circus-like.
10:01I think 70s Winger House was kind of the way I described it.
10:04It looks like a kind of a place that might have been like a hippie commune.
10:08It's a lot.
10:10There's a lot to look at.
10:12Well, let's go see more of the house.
10:14Yes, after you.
10:15We got a little bit of everything.
10:21Y'all, underneath the birds is the real railing?
10:26The birds are the railing.
10:27The birds are the railing.
10:28Yeah, it's the birds and the trees all the way up.
10:31This is supposed to be a pool.
10:33Like a water-featured room.
10:34Oh, is that what it is?
10:36Come on.
10:37And then for seating, it's all stone.
10:40Yes.
10:40Concrete, yeah.
10:41I look at your couches and I think hemorrhoids.
10:45All right, let's check out this kitchen.
10:51Oh.
10:52What is going on with the ceiling?
10:54What is this design choice?
10:57I think it's called long trowel.
10:58They basically just take the mud and just smear it.
11:02And then, of course, the monkey cabinets.
11:06I feel like I need to center myself.
11:10I would take some breaths before you go to the next place.
11:13Oh, God.
11:14Before you move on, absolutely.
11:16Next, we're going to take you into our party bathroom.
11:18Party bathroom.
11:22Mm-mm.
11:24This is sensory overload.
11:27This is a fifth grade project.
11:29My reaction in the living room is, why?
11:31In the kitchen, it's like, ugh.
11:33The bathroom is like, Jesus Christ.
11:36Let's go to our bedroom next.
11:37Okay.
11:40So this is where we come to rest.
11:43This would make me crazy, because I can't put blackout curtains on that.
11:46Well, this is just two pieces of plastic.
11:49And when we moved in, we actually saw a mouse crawling right up it.
11:53So it's not there now.
11:54They're gone.
11:55They're gone.
11:55Yeah.
11:55First of all, you're asking for mice.
11:59This is a thatched roof.
12:00And there's nothing underneath it, either.
12:02So it's just, like, the underside of the floor upstairs.
12:06This is their drop ceiling.
12:07What are we doing?
12:09Next, we're going to check out our bathroom.
12:15What the actual is going on in here?
12:20What kind of sink is this in your bathroom?
12:23It's a deep sink.
12:25We see our dead spiders in the bathtub.
12:27So we can't take a bath in there, because they just...
12:29You guys...
12:30Oh, yeah.
12:31There we go.
12:32Those might have been this morning's casualties, honestly.
12:35This is my spider smashing box.
12:37Oh, God!
12:40It's a lot of...
12:41A lot of...
12:44Anybody else itching?
12:46Is it just me?
12:46I itch.
12:47You itch?
12:49Let's head upstairs.
12:50Colors, colors, colors.
12:56I'm calmer.
12:57The green helps.
12:58The green helps.
12:58And the blue.
13:00And the...
13:00Yellow and the red.
13:01The Barney purple.
13:03Hoosah!
13:04As they say.
13:06Okay, you guys.
13:07Well, I'm going to say thank you for showing me your home.
13:09And then I'm going to do my best to avoid mice and spiders.
13:13Good luck.
13:14Good luck.
13:14The fact that you have to wish me luck, it's not a good sign.
13:23Okay.
13:26So that was the Mishmash Hodgepodge Color-Blocked Animal Sanctuary.
13:32Appearance?
13:33It was sensory overload.
13:35All the painting.
13:36It was so much.
13:37What's awkward about it?
13:40When you're building things out of paper mache and calling it a railing, how do you keep that meat?
13:45The surprise?
13:46Mice coming out of the walls.
13:48Spiders everywhere.
13:50The Big East is a big mess.
13:55From the backwoods to the big city.
13:58And there's no telling what I'll find.
14:00I'm headed 400 miles south to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
14:03When I set off on my quest to find the ugliest house in America, I expected remote towns, dirt roads, maybe a tumbleweed tumbling by.
14:16Instead, I'm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
14:20Philly.
14:20But that's the thing about ugly houses.
14:23They're not always hidden in the woods.
14:24Sometimes they're hidden in plain sight.
14:27I mean, I guess we'll have to see what's inside.
14:42Hi!
14:44How are you?
14:45Come on, baby!
14:46Wait, did that work?
14:48No.
14:50Look, it's our ugly home.
14:53Come on.
14:54My name is Phoenix, and this is my mom who bought the ugliest house in America.
15:07Our house looks like it did back in the 70s.
15:10Almost nothing has changed from the carpet to the wallpaper to the cabinets.
15:17Every room is a different color.
15:19I don't like how it looks.
15:21Dirty is nasty.
15:24Green, red is ugly.
15:28Green, green.
15:31And more green.
15:33I'm sorry.
15:35Is this the height of the chandelier?
15:37Oh, yeah.
15:37Be careful.
15:40Yes.
15:41Watch your head.
15:41Who is setting the chandelier at this height?
15:47This house was the home of the famous Muhammad Ali.
15:51Oh.
15:51He lived here, and he then sold the house to Kobe Bryant, and his grandmother was the last
15:57person who lived in this house.
15:58Kobe's grandmother.
15:59Yes.
15:59Kobe's grandmother.
16:01This house has legacy.
16:03Two legacies.
16:05Where's next?
16:05We're going to go to the kitchen.
16:06The kitchen.
16:07Okay.
16:08I'm scared.
16:09Welcome to our kitchen.
16:10Yes.
16:12It's surprisingly small for how big the house is.
16:14Yes.
16:15You know, all the drawers are just, you know, old and ugly.
16:21This is brown kitchen with that drop ceiling, and they're all, like, different colors.
16:27Like, they've aged in different ways.
16:29This paneling has been here since 1970s, and we have a photo of Muhammad Ali using the telephone.
16:39Oh, this is the Ali phone?
16:44Yes.
16:45Hello.
16:46You have reached the Ali residence?
16:48Yes.
16:49Wow.
16:50Uh-huh.
16:51So you got to put a plaque over it that said Muhammad spoke on this.
16:54Yes.
16:56Yes.
16:56Keep the phone.
16:58Toss the rest.
16:59So we are going to go to the basement.
17:05Oh, gosh.
17:06Yeah.
17:06Whoa.
17:09Oh, .
17:10Watch your step.
17:11Be careful.
17:11That's the step.
17:12Oh, my gosh.
17:13This is, uh, what can I get you ladies?
17:15Here in the old 70s basement pub.
17:20Yes.
17:20What was this space right here?
17:24Is this where the dancers were?
17:26Yeah.
17:29Oh, this is where Ali was, like, you're like, my husband.
17:39Good job.
17:40Okay, where are we going next?
17:41The main bathroom.
17:42Okay.
17:43The bathroom.
17:44It's big.
17:45That's what I got from that statement.
17:49Uh-huh.
17:51Okay.
17:53Bathroom.
17:53These outside sliding doors?
17:55Yes.
17:56What?
17:56What?
18:00What?
18:04This is the bathroom.
18:06Room.
18:09What is this?
18:11This is the tub?
18:12This is the tub.
18:13Who said, give me a circular tub?
18:17I want it to be 18 inches deep.
18:20And I want it to be lavender.
18:24So when we come in this bathroom, we just repeat Muhammad Ali's statement.
18:28Float like a butterfly.
18:30Sting like a bee.
18:33Okay, so I wish you good luck.
18:37And I'm gonna get out of this hot box.
18:39Yes, it's so hot.
18:42Bye, guys.
18:48Calling this place Ali's Thrilla in Philadelphia.
18:55Appearance.
18:56It's ugly.
18:57It looks worn.
19:01Worn.
19:02The awkwardness?
19:03You've got dropped ceilings that you'll hit your head on.
19:06So proceed with caution.
19:07And that's where we come with the surprise.
19:11That tub.
19:13That round tile, 16-inch deep tub.
19:19I'm gonna say it.
19:20The Big East got Big Ugly.
19:22My adventures through the Big East uncovered Big Ugly like I've never seen before.
19:30And now there are three majorly hideous contenders to choose from.
19:35But which one will make it to the finals?
19:37My big adventure across the Big East was a big success.
19:45And while all three contenders showed me an ugly I'll never forget, only one house can move on to the finals.
19:51It's between a mansion maze on wheels.
19:56Ho, ho, ho!
19:58I don't know if I love it or hate it.
20:02A vermin-filled hodgepodge with a view.
20:06This is how I describe the style.
20:08Ho, ho!
20:09Take it!
20:10And a defending champ whose decor is ready to be retired.
20:14This is the bath.
20:16Room!
20:20It's that time.
20:22We're moving, we're grooving, and we have some people to call.
20:25Because they have the ugliest house in their region.
20:28Brooklyn and Dylan, how are you?
20:40Good, how are you?
20:41How are you feeling about having the ugliest house in the Big East?
20:46Good.
20:47It's so old.
20:48Between your house's bizarre layout, chaotic decor, and pest problems galore,
20:53there was no doubt that your home was a special kind of ugly.
20:56Congrats, you are one step closer.
20:59I'm going to wish you luck, and tell the kiddos I said hi.
21:03Thank you so much.
21:04Thank you very much.
21:05Bye, guys.
21:07Congratulations, Mishmash Hodgepodge.
21:10Your ugly made my eyes and skin crawl.
21:13But the question remains, are you ugly enough to win it all?
21:17Because my quest to the far reaches of the country to discover all that is ugly continues,
21:22and there are plenty more houses to see.
21:25Coming up.
21:26Who goes there?
21:27Oh, for a dungeon?
21:28It's not that bad.
21:30I'm sorry, is there a chicken in your house?
21:32We can't wait to see you.
21:34We're...
21:34Dad!
21:34What?
21:35What?
21:35How about you?
21:36What?
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