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There is surprisingly little information available on the Kettle House in Galveston, Texas. It is a very interesting-looking structure. Rumor has it that it was built in the 1950′s, and that it is the top of a silo turned upside down and roofed. Most of the internet comments out there comment on the fact that [...]
Posted by Strange Houses on Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 8:57 am
Filed under All Houses, Off the ground, Shaped like something else · Tagged galveston kettle house, galveston texas, gulf coast, house, Hurricane Ike, hurricane season, kettle house, oil storage tanks, san luis pass, silo, tea kettle, tropical depression, Weather Phenomena, weird
We usually discuss strange homes on this site, but when there is a re-emerged sunken town to talk about we simply can’t resist. Once upon a time a population of about 1200 people lived in the valley town of Potosi in Venezuela. One day, the president arrived on a helicopter and informed everyone in the [...]
Posted by Strange Houses on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 8:12 am
Filed under All Houses, Underground · Tagged beloved church, drought, el nino, El Niño-Southern Oscillation, Flood, Government, home, house, houses, hydroelectric dam, Hydroelectricity, Population, South America, steeple, strange, town of potosi, venezuela, venezuelan government, weather phenomenon
If there weren’t already enough reasons to visit Barcelona, Spain, now you have another one. Casa Batllo is situated at 43 Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia in Barcelona, and it is open for tours to the lucky traveler. The structure itself was built in 1877, but remodeled and finished in 1906 [...]
Posted by Strange Houses on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 8:18 am
Filed under All Houses, Strange Mansions, castles · Tagged antoni gaudi, apartment house, architect, aristocrat, art, Autonomous Communities, Barcelona, barcelona spain, casa batllo, Catalonia, floor apartment, grandeur, house, josep maria jujol, legend says that, lucky traveler, ossos, residential tenants, ridicule, roofline, Saint George, second floors, Spain, strange, strange fish, true work, turret, unique, upper floors, work of art
We don’t usually delve into celebrity news and scoops, but when I saw the specs on Perry Farrell’s Venice, CA home that went up for sale several months ago, I know I just had to write it up here. The home sold on May 25, so unfortunately you can’t count on me for the latest [...]
Posted by Strange Houses on Monday, June 21, 2010 at 7:30 am
Filed under All Houses, Celebrity Homes, Shaped like something else · Tagged art, cactus garden, california bungalow, Environment, garden, home, house, Janes Addiction, lollapalooza, perry farrell, rock, rock musician, rooftop deck, sliding glass, solar heat, southern california weather, venice ca
Francis Bannerman was obviously a pretty rich guy. After all, he had enough money to buy 90% of the Spanish-American War’s army surplus (the US side, at least). And then, because his Manhattan surplus store didn’t have the storage space (and because his neighbors weren’t wild about having a whole lot of ammunition on the [...]
Posted by Elizabeth on Friday, May 28, 2010 at 11:25 am
Filed under All Houses, Strange Mansions, castles · Tagged american indians, army surplus, bannerman castle trust, evil spirits, flying dutchman, francis bannerman, friend of the castle, friends of the castle, George Washington, goblins, home, house, hudson river, Hudson Valley, New York, New York City, Pollepel Island, revolutionary war, spanish american war, United States
It is a commonly held adage that a man’s house is his castle. A forward-thinking individual in San Juan, Dominican Republic took this old saying to a whole new level. With glistening white towers and graceful arched windows, it’s easy to imagine this abode nestled firmly in the midst of a Caribbean fairy tale. That [...]
Posted by Strange Houses on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Filed under All Houses, castles · Tagged abode, arched windows, Caribbean, christopher columbus, Dominican Republic, famous cathedrals, fortifications, home, house, royal buildings, San Juan, san juan dominican republic, santo domingo, tapestries
In 1979, Michael Kahn and Leda Livant moved to a rural three-acre plot of land in Cornville, Arizona. Allowed to stay on the property rent-free, Kahn and Livant started building what would become Eliphante immediately, living in an 8′ x 10′ wooden shack that Michael had thrown up to keep them safe during the winter. [...]
Posted by Strange Houses on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 10:30 am
Filed under All Houses, Shaped like something else, Strange Mansions · Tagged Arizona, art, artistic, canoe, cornville arizona, dementia, Eliphante, Eliphante LTD, found art, found items, Hippodome, home, house, houses in Arizona, Kahn, Livant, michael kahn, no bathroom, only accessible by water, plot of land, running water, stream, toilet, tragedy romance, unique, winter palace
Home designers may focus on the setting for their designs but the ideal for ecologically sound development is simply minimizing or completely negating the impact of development. Making the house “disappear” by blending the development into the surrounding landscape is one design development finding a degree of credibility after a shaky start. Painting existing development [...]
Posted by Strange Houses on Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Filed under All Houses · Tagged aesthetic appeal, camouflage paint, color scheme, green, gulfport florida, home, house, japan, japanese architect, johnsen schmaling architects, natural materials, odd homes, strange houses
The World’s Tallest Log Cabin – The Wooden Skyscraper photo by the constant skeptic He is Nikolai Sutyagin. He is a man who has seen it all. Well, if not “all”, he’s seen quite a lot. He was born and raised in a lowly communal flat in Arkhangelsk, Russia. That’s in the northern part of [...]
Posted by Strange Houses on Monday, October 12, 2009 at 8:33 am
Filed under All Houses, Off the ground, Strange Mansions · Tagged arkhangelsk russia, house, log cabin, nikolai, Nikolai Sutyagin, odd homes, Perestroyka, strange house, tall, wooden skyscraper
It is a piece of social commentary art that speaks out against injustice and anti-humanitarianism. It is a tourist attraction. It is the labor of love conceived by a visionary Polish businessman and entrepreneur. It is also an upside down house. The aforementioned Polish businessman, Daniel Czapiewski, owns a company that builds wooden houses [...]