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This place has two things going for it, as far as I can see. One, it’s in Scotland, which is a heavenly place. Two, it’s really old, and you know how we love OLD stuff. One thing that is questionable, however, if the ginormous pineapple that sits atop its central tower. What is that thing [...]
Posted by Strange Houses on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 10:01 pm
Filed under All Houses · Tagged central tower, colonial governor, dunmore, garden retreat, governor of virginia, greenhouse, john murray, pineapple, pineapple house, remarkable folly, scotland, shenandoah, shenandoah valley, tower
A short train ride from Tokyo will take you to the city of Matsumoto, and to Matsumoto Castle. One of Japan’s most stunning castles, Matsumoto Castle (also called Matsumotojo) was built during the Sengoku peroid – which is dubbed the Warring States period. It was a time of conflict in Japan that stretched from the [...]
Posted by Strange Houses on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at 7:02 pm
Filed under All Houses, castles · Tagged castles, drum festival, japan, kobayashi, matsumoto, matsumoto castle, mejii restoration, tokyo, tower, types of castles, yokohama
The Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo is the world’s first capsule-centered piece of architecture built for actual use. This is probably not a new concept to you, but I think it’s rare that when you can actually see the room for yourself. To me, it looks like a room aboard a spaceship. Just imagine, instead [...]
Posted by Strange Houses on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 10:00 pm
Filed under All Houses, Apartments · Tagged airplane, architect, architecture, capsule, capsule hotel, Design, home, house, japan, nakagin capsule tower, Pods, shanghai, spaceship, strange, tokyo, tower, unique, weird, world wetlands
There are four notable towns we’re going to cover in this post – notable because they are all named Hell. Welcome to Hell, Dear Readers. We hope you enjoy the stay. Hell, Nord-Trøndelag This tiny village in Norway has a population of about 1500, and gets pretty darn cold. Like, -4 Degrees Fahrenheit cold. Gives [...]
Posted by Elizabeth on Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 9:54 am
Filed under All Houses, Humor · Tagged art, california state, cargo handling, Caribbean, Cayman Islands, charles carr, cliff cave, dear readers, degrees fahrenheit, grand cayman, hell michigan, highways, inhabitants, lime, Michigan, Old Norse, play on words, Population, putnam township, rock, screams, soccer field, tiny town, tiny village, tower, town called hell, train, train station, unincorporated community, United States Navy, USS Kittiwake, water tower