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Block Tower 4-Story Cabin

Block Tower 4-Story Cabin

This modern home is anything but a traditional cabin. Levi Kelly takes us on a tour of this unique rental property in Hocking Hills, Ohio, known as The Block Tower. Its stacked 4-story construction packs in five bedrooms, three bathrooms, cozy living spaces, a hot tub, and multiple decks that overlook the surrounding woods. Book a stay on Airbnb.

Tiny House in an Old Airplane

Tiny House in an Old Airplane

Unless you score Business Class seats, it’s pretty hard to sleep on an airplane. That is, unless it’s this old Douglas DC-6 that’s been converted into a home. Tiny House Giant Journey visits with homeowners and flight trainers Jon and Stephanie, who turned the airplane into a 2 BR, 1 BA Airbnb with a kitchen, a wing deck, and a flight simulator in the cockpit.

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The Bloomhouse

The Bloomhouse

Boutique rental company Lodgewell offers the coolest properties in Austin and the Texas Hill Country, and nothing keeps Austin weird like The Bloomhouse. Built in the ‘70s as a hippie dream – and renovated by ex-mayor Dave Claunch – the whimsical white meringue is 1,100 square feet but nothing else about it is square. Nothing.

Inside a Luxury Doomsday Bunker

Inside a Luxury Doomsday Bunker

What’s Inside gives us a tour of a missile silo that’s been converted into a residential community for a doomsday scenario. It’s like a miniature town inside, with a shooting range, a movie theater, a classroom, a bar, a grocery, a gym and more.

The Homes That Plastic Built

The Homes That Plastic Built

Great Big Story shares the work of Conceptos Plásticos. It’s a Colombian company that takes discarded plastics and turns them into foundations for houses and temporary shelters. To date, they have recycled 500 tons of plastic and built over 30 homes.

BMX Ramp House

BMX Ramp House

Visual artist and BMXer Ooti Billeaud’s lifelong dream was to have a backyard BMX ramp. When he finally bought his first property, he made that dream come true. 5.5 years of hard work turned into this skinny New Orleans house with a large backyard ramp.

Wikkelhouse

Wikkelhouse

Fiction Factory’s Wikkelhouse is a modular prefabricated house that uses cardboard and plywood as its main structural elements. Instead of rooms, the house comes in crosswise segments. Customers usually pick 4 or more segments for their house.

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DROP Structures Mono Cabin

DROP Structures Mono Cabin

DROP Structures‘ Mono cabin is its signature product. It’s a prefabricated living space that measures only 8.5′ x 12′ x 16’, so you don’t need building permits for it in North America. It has lots of customization options, including furniture, heating and appliances.

Tipoon Camper

Tipoon Camper

This compact, pop-up camper travels as a low-profile trailer when in transit, but opens up to provide a good size living space when parked, offering comfortable sleeping, dining, cooking, storage, and bathing areas. When closed it fits in a regular size parking space.

Tiny Shipping Container House

Tiny Shipping Container House
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Ever imagine living large in a tiny shipping container home? Find out with this 320 sf abode. The certified new container comes completely finished, with side water and electric connections, bedroom, shower, toilet, sink and kitchen appliances.

Tiny House

Tiny House
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Revival Supply Co. miniscule dwellings can be put together by two people using an 11mm wrench about 4 hours, and flat-packed in 45 minutes. It’s got enough space for a queen mattress in its lofted bedroom, a shower/toilet area, and can be wired, plumbed, and insulated.

EcoCapsule Sustainable Home

EcoCapsule Sustainable Home

EcoCapsule’s bubble-shaped off-grid living spaces contain a small bedroom, work area, kitchen, storage, and bathroom. Solar panels on the roof and an external windmill supply electricity, and its shape is designed to maximize rainwater capture. (Thanks Linda!)

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