From WebUrbanist, WebUrbanist 17 Extreme Houseboats and Houseboat Designs: From Luxury Habitats to Humble Floating Homes

Feel like escaping? Nothing too cozy here -- mostly renderings of unlived-in high-tech houseboats, futuristic spaceships for sea or stream, and a travel trailer on a pontoon platform.

(I've never wanted to live in a replica of a giant portable CD player.)

Funkiest:of the bunch:

None quite compare with these rental boats in Kerala, India.

They're touted for exploring the popular "backwaters of Kerala," rather than the Arabian Sea that makes it a beach destination.