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Ireland's largest tree house is fun for the whole family, especially if you've got any little princes or princesses that are just missing the castle.
Build yourself a huge multi-story house, where the real estate is probably much cheaper, and carry out the life that the younger version of you never could.
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Located in Crossville, Tennessee, is the world’s largest tree house, standing 97 ft (30 m) tall across six oak trees, with over 80 rooms. Also serving as a church, Minister Horace Burgess started building it in 1993 and hasn’t stopped!
This clever resort is in Oregon and its complex of tree houses comes packed with activities like zip-lining, horse riding, and swimming.
This majestic collection of buildings is set into a stand of trees with trunks twisting up around the walls. It's equipped with a large restaurant too!
The luxury resort in Kaikoura, featuring a number of tall tree houses overlooking the coast, is quite small and boxy from the outside, but the insides are impossibly sumptuous and roomy.
Located in British Columbia's Enchanted Forest, this three-story construction is a source of endless fantasy.
Escape the noise and take a loved one to enjoy one of the six tree houses at this unique bed and breakfast in Issaquah, Washington.
This unique lodging is made up of one circular room that can sleep a family of five, plus a separate toilet.
This tea house, in Nagano Prefecture, is precariously perched on very tall trees, standing out almost laughably from the landscape, though its design is stunning.
And, of course, you can multiply the fantastical experience by not only staying in a hyper-modern tree house of the future, but also in one that looks like a UFO.
While it's believed that tree houses are reserved for children and backyards, the practice of living among branches was actually once the norm for humans many, many years ago.
Check out this gallery to see the most impressive tree houses from around the world, which neither your younger self nor your oldest ancestors could have ever imagined.
Beyond backyards: Stunning tree houses around the world
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While it's believed that tree houses are reserved for children and backyards, the practice of living among branches was actually once the norm for humans many, many years ago.
Check out this gallery to see the most impressive tree houses from around the world, which neither your younger self nor your oldest ancestors could have ever imagined.