From a House Perched on a Towering Rock
They say a man’s house is his castle, but some homes are definitely an acquired taste.
As humans have reached every corner of the globe, they have also fought tooth and nail to create a patch of land to call their own – occasionally in the most bizarre places.
The following pictures show houses in locations that would take a sturdy backbone to sleep in.
From the house perched perilously atop a towering rock in Georgia to the only building on an entire Icelandic island, some abodes look straight out of a Tolkien fantasy.
Whether they hang over a cluster of rocks or are nestled amidst the treetops, these properties reveal how people’s tastes range far and wide when it comes to where they like to lay their head.
Capturing the imagination of holidaymakers keen to witness man-made wonders, Mail Online Travel has rounded up some of the strangest houses around the world.
Maxime Qavtaradze, is a 59-year-old monk who has lived a life of virtual solitude on top of this pillar high above his Georgian monastery for 20 years.
When he wants to leave Katskhi Pillar, he spends 20 minutes climbing down a 131ft ladder.
Supplies are winched up to him by his followers and he only comes down twice a week to pray with his followers.
His only visitors are priests and a group of troubled young men who are seeking solace in the monastery at the foot of the pillar.
The monk slept in a fridge when he first moved to the top of the pillar, but now has a bed inside a cottage.
The Katskhi Pillar was used by stylites, Christians who lived on top of pillars to avoid worldly temptation until the 15th century when the practice was stopped following the Ottoman invasion of Georgia.
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