[photo via Treehugger]
I want to build a sustainable home, but I can’t. Do you know whether or not you have the option to build a sustainable home? Everybody is telling us we need to change. Change a light bulb, recycle, use renewable energy. Haven’t you seen the Inconvenient Truth? (I just did, I know that is so 2006) Hell, Al Gore(his architect) didn’t even know he couldn’t place solar panels on his house. You might be ready to change but someone else isn’t ready to let you.
Most of our electricity, in the Omaha area, comes from a nuclear and coal …read more

Okay, now here is a home I would not want to inhabit for I am very scared of heights!

 
I’m pretty sure this isn’t a real home and was simply photoshopped in. I bet it would have an awesome view, though!
 
Via | BoreMe

Ever looked at a double decker bus in London and thought, “Hmm, I wish I could live there?” Well, if you have, now you can thanks to Double Decker Living!

Environmental issues have been at the forefront of our minds during the conception and conversion of these buses. They
are fitted with a solar panel to help lighten the ever growing energy ‘burden’ that we face. Generators and heaters that
the buses are equipped with are of the ‘run quiet’ variety to reduce noise pollution to a negligible level. The WC waste is
rapidly converted to compost and collected on a regular basis, as …read more

The Oak Alley Plantation resides in Vacherie, Louisiana, and you may have actually seen it in such movies as Interview with a Vampire, Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte, Dixie: Changing Habits, The Long Hot Summer, North and South, and/or Primary Colors.

The plantation was built a little over hundred years later in 1837-39 by George Swainey for wealthy Creole sugar cane farmer, Jacques Telesphore Roman III and his wife Josephine Pile. Josephine’s father was a New Orleans architect, who provided the plans for the plantation house and the estate. Jacques called his new plantation home, “Bon Sejour,” (Pleasant Sojourn), but the oaks …read more

The building is actually called Wonder Works and happens to be Central Florida’s “only upside down attraction,” which is an amusing little slogan.

 
Inside Wonder Works you can “let your imagination run wild” with over 100 different exhibits.

Land the Space Shuttle!
Take a seat in the Shuttle Landers. Use your hand and eye coordination to maneuver the controls and land the Discovery Space Shuttle on the airstrip. Feel first hand the challenge and skill needed to make the landing.
Fighter Jets
Discover the freedom of flight as you pilot the F14 and F18 fighter jets across the blue skies. The visual effects of …read more

The Longaberger Building was erected by the Longaberger Basket Company in Newark, Ohio, and serves as the company’s office building.

The illusion of a weave is made by windows. Very, very cool.

 
One of the most talked about buildings in Prague, The Dancing Building (a.k.a. ‘Fred and Ginger’) was designed by Prague-based architect Vlado Milunic and American architect Frank Gehry.
Radio Praha has a great interview with Vlado Milunic where he discusses the process that led to this fascinating building.

Arguably the most bizarre home in Sydney (they say), Loggan Rock was built by an equally bizarre architect named Alexander Stewart Jolly in 1929.
Aside from building bizarre abodes, Jolly was a part-time poet and writer of children’s fiction, whom allegedly cut off his own finger in punishment for his bad drinking habits.
So really, what could you expect from a curious man, but a curious home?
Logan Rock is actually three homes in one, with the oldest part being a log cabin. The second part is actually a tower based off of a Scottish castle. Two bedrooms are located within the tower. …read more

If you’re the type of person who’s always in search of spookie places to stay, here’s one that might appeal to you. Queen’s Hotel in Cape May, NJ is the site of several paranormal manifestations that might give you goosebumps in the night.
This beautiful victorian bed and breakfast was built back in 1876. To the casual observer it was simply a respectable business called Ware’s Pharmacy. Behind the scenes, however, things were a little spicier. Think: gambling and prostitution.
In 1878, however, a huge fire raged through the town and took Ware’s Pharmacy down with it, giving builders a chance to …read more

I actually saw this one on HGTV about a year ago, and I recalled it recently and thought I’d share it with those who hadn’t heard of it yet.
The conch shell house is the modeling project of architect Eduardo Ocampos, who resides within his offbeat home on the beautiful island of Isla Mujeres (a ferry ride away from gorgeous Cancun, Mexico).
Eduardo’s brother, Octavio Ocampos, lives nearby, though his home is more traditional.
The brothers and their friend, Samuel Barrigan, were responsible for the conch shell house construction, and today, it stands as a testament to creativity, vision, and hard work.

The conch …read more