Worlds BIGGEST Treehouse. (Seriously)

[Dorkandproudofit]

Holy... just... holy fuck, this is too awesome. (http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/ministers-house-the-worlds-biggest-treehouse.html)

Located in Crossville, Tennessee, the Minister’s House took Horace Burgess 14 years to build around an 80-foot-tall white oak tree, with a diameter of 12 feet. The wooden edifice itself is 97-feet-tall and it’s supported by six other strong trees that act like natural pillars. Burgess says he started working on this giant treehouse after he had a vision back in 1993. God spoke to him and said: “If you build me a treehouse, I’ll see you never run out of material.” And so he spent the next 14 years building God’s treehouse, using only salvaged materials, like pieces of lumber from garages, storage sheds and barns. So, as far as Horace is concerned, God did provide him with all the materials he needed. Although he never bothered to measure Minister’s House (he estimates it must be about 8,000 to 10,000 square feet), he did count the nails he had to hammer into it, 258,000. It cost the 56-year-old landscape architect around $12,000 to construct the world’s biggest treehouse.

And it's in MY STATE! I've got to see it sometime soon.

[Lint of Death]

Are girls allowed in?

[Generation ABXY]

It's neat, I'll give it that. Just from looking at it, though, it seems a bit of a stretch to call it a treehouse.

But, like I said, still neat.

Are girls allowed in?

Well, he's a minister, so maybe not. Young boys, on the other hand... :p

[Lint of Death]

Well, he's a minister, so maybe not. Young boys, on the other hand... :p

According to the article, the building is called the Minister's House, but the builder is a landscape architect.

[Generation ABXY]

According to the article, the building is called the Minister's House, but the builder is a landscape architect.

He hears the voice of God, that's close enough for me. :p

[hunterx280]

That's some Swiss Family Robinson inspired architecture there.

[Xerxes]

Too much connection to the ground. Hell you are supposed to be able to just pull up a rope ladder and call it a night.

[Suave Peanut]

My favorite part is the "no smoking" sign.

[Vandabo]

Too much connection to the ground. Hell you are supposed to be able to just pull up a rope ladder and call it a night.

Exactly. I don't call something a tree house unless it is completely supported by the tree.

Still really impressive and cool looking though. Looks like it should be in Disneyland or something.

[Sandman]

Yep. It's a house wrapped around a tree.....not a treehouse.

[Hellbug]

Less tree house and more house made of a lot of wood.

[Dorkandproudofit]

Well, thanks a lot for ruining my dreams, guys.

It's still pretty fucking awesome, though.

[diablopath]

Seriously, fuck you guys with your high standards and technicalities.
Christ, it must suck to drink with the lot of you.

[Wasson_]

I think it's pretty damn awesome.

what was that dudes name, Beorn? In the Hobbit. That's his house.

[KamaItachi]

That's where they'll be holding the next meeting for G.R.O.S.S.

[Narradisall]

I like it.

Not sure how much I'd enjoy sleeping in a giant tinderbox though.

I imagine thats why he put up the no smoking sign.

[bapenguin]

I like this one: http://www.inhabitat.com/2006/08/31/4treehouse-by-lukasz-kos/4treehouse-lukasz-kos-glowing-treehouse-modern-treehouse-ontario-lake-maskoka/

[Purple Santa]

Seriously, fuck you guys with your high standards and technicalities.
Christ, it must suck to drink with the lot of you.

They are more fun drunk :p

[Zanzibar]

Treehouse by definition or no, it is made of awesome.

I didn't know awesome was flammable. Good to know.

[Dorkandproudofit]

Seriously, fuck you guys with your high standards and technicalities.
Christ, it must suck to drink with the lot of you.

Yeah, what the fuck is wrong with living out your childhood fantasies?

On that note, any God who basically gives you the go-ahead to build your fantasy treehouse is a God I can definitely support.