File this one under obsessive. Brian Jones recently bought the house used for the exterior shots in “A Christmas Story” in Cleveland for $150,000.

How did he get the $150,000? By manufacturing and selling the “leg lamp” depicted in the movie.

Leg Lamp

He then went frame by frame and transformed the interior of the house to match the set of the movie (at a cost of $240,000). He now offers guided tours of the house and transformed a house across the street into a gift shop. 4,300 people came out for the opening day. Jones expects 50,000 people per year to visit the house.

Only in Cleveland.

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