UNIQUE PLACES TO LIVE

200 PEOPLE ACTUALLY INHABIT THE JAPANESE VOLCANIC

ISLAND OF AOGASHIMA, WITH ONLY ONE SCHOOL

AND A SINGLE POST OFFICE.

A HALF-DEMOLISHED BUILDING STANDS IN THE MIDDLE

OF A NEW MOTORWAY IN IN THE CITY OF WENLING,

CHINA’S ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, AFTER ITS ELDERLY

RESIDENTS REFUSED TO MOVE.

MEHMET ALI GÖKÇEOÐLU, A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN

AND TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEER FROM TURKEY, HAS

BUILT THE WORLD’S MOST AMAZING FENCE FOR HIS

LUXURIOUS VILLA IN ÇEÞME, IZMIR. HE REPLACED THE

METAL FENCE AT THE FRONT OF HIS PROPERTY WITH A

50-METER-LONG AQUARIUM FILLED WITH HUNDREDS OF

FISH AND OCTOPUSES. I KNOW, YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT.

FOR THE LAST THREE DECADES, BENITO HERNANDEZ AND

HIS WIFE HAVE BEEN LIVING UNDER A HUGE ROCK, IN MEXICO’S

COAHUILA DESERT, 80 KILOMETERS FROM THE US BORDER.

NIT WIT RIDGE IS ONE-OF-A-KIND BECAUSE IT WAS BUILT USING

MILLIONS OF BITS AND PIECES OF RECYCLED TRASH,

AND TOOK OVER 50 YEARS TO COMPLETE.

STONE HOUSE (CASA DA PEDRA) PORTUGAL

THE ELIPHANTE ART HOUSE, IN CORNVILLE (AZ, USA).

ARTIST MICHAEL KAHN AND HIS WIFE LEDA LIVANT BUILT IT

FROM FOUND MATERIALS PIECE BY PIECE.

THE ONE LOG HOUSE, IN GARBERVILLE (CALIFORNIA, USA).

IT IS A ONE-BEDROOM HOUSE HOLLOWED OUT FROM A

SINGLE LOG THAT CAME FROM A 2,100-YEAR OLD REDWOOD TREE.

AFTER FELLING THIS 13 FOOT DIAMETER FOREST GIANT,

ART SCHMOCK AND A HELPER NEEDED 8 MONTHS OF HARD

LABOUR TO HOLLOW OUT THE LOG INTO A ROOM 7 FT. HIGH

AND 32 FT. LONG, WEIGHING ABOUT 42 TONS.

THE FALLINGWATER, IN PENNSYLVANIA (USA). IT WAS

DESIGNED BY AMERICAN ARCHITECT FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

IN 1935 AND BUILT PARTLY OVER A WATERFALL.