Oct 29 2009DO WANT: This Giant Freaking Treehouse
Where was this when I was growing up? Not in my backyard, that's where! I did have a Cabbage Patch Kids playhouse though, so there. And you know what? There was a wasp nest in the roof, but did that stop this future blogger from playing house? HELL NO IT DIDN'T.
Well, if you did find yourself fancying your childhood treehouse as the world's greatest, you may find yourself having to think again after getting to see the treehouse Horrace Burgess has built around Crossville in the United States state of Tennessee.
You start to appreciate the greatness of the treehouse Horrace Burgess has built when the figures are brought in. Standing at 97 feet in height, one agrees that the structure Horrace Burgess has built is the structure to beat, if you want to lay a claim to owning (or even having seen) thegreatest treehouse in the world.
Impressive, Horrace, but where's the 'No gurlz allowd' sign? And don't EVEN tell me you let females in that thing. THAT IS BREAKING THE SACRED BOND OF TREEHOUSE OWNERSHIP. Punishable by, um, letting me crash there for a week month. Come on, I'll eat your squirrel problem!
Hit the jump for a bunch more pictures and the link to even more.
The Worlds Greatest TreeHouse [zuzu] (with more pictures)
via
Humongous treehouse [make]
Thanks to Lee and laux, who live in shrubhouses because they're afraid of heights.
Reader Comments
1. LOL I WIN - October 29, 2009 2:23 PM
1st MAN AWESOME HOUSE
2. dan tacos - October 29, 2009 2:24 PM
bill frist? cat killer!
3. v1ryus - October 29, 2009 2:24 PM
it's like the ewok canopy lol 2nd.
4. Bill Lumburg - October 29, 2009 2:24 PM
first!!!! FIRST... FiRst.... ferst..... furst
5. Bill Lumburg - October 29, 2009 2:25 PM
Bastards...
6. Closet Nerd - October 29, 2009 2:27 PM
That tree house is so cool.... I have wood!
7. JADE - October 29, 2009 2:34 PM
Would make hide and go seek hard as hell.
8. CHRIS YUN - October 29, 2009 2:42 PM
WTF! THAT'S LIKE AN EWOK HOTEL.
9. Ed - October 29, 2009 2:44 PM
Looks extremely fun and cool looking, though the random pieces of wood to keep it strong kind of worries me. And also imagine this place in 10-20 years.
"Hey Dannie time for dinner!"
"Kay Mo---AHHHHHHHHHHHH"
That was when Dannie fell 3 floors through.
Better keep that place in check and make sure nothing breaks.
Also I have to say, that'd be one sneak place to take your girlfriend to make out in.
10. Rob - October 29, 2009 2:46 PM
How much did that cost? That is a CRAP load of wood.
11. Dinosaur Rex - October 29, 2009 2:51 PM
There are no treehouses where I live, too dangerous. But I'm not jealous, why could I be jealous of an awesome place where you can do whatever you want, and have fun, or hide or...*runs away crying*
12. Jrdn - October 29, 2009 2:52 PM
thing is sick. i see that is connected to the trees but it kinda seems more like a giant cabin. it does touch the ground. idk what i would called it other that ridiculously sick.
13. Stepa - October 29, 2009 2:53 PM
A question arises spontaneously: WHY?
14. Anthony - October 29, 2009 2:56 PM
Bill Lumburg.... fail. haha.
But I have to wonder what this place will look like in 5 years when the tree has done a little bit of morphing. Something of such epic proportions probably won't be able to handle the movement and will just collapse entirely.
15. Anthony - October 29, 2009 2:59 PM
I have to ask the question, is that really a tree house, or just a house built around some trees? I always thought a tree house was supported strictly by a tree. I'm not certain an tree could support this structure.
16. Hawk - October 29, 2009 3:08 PM
Mmmmmm, squirrel! :>~~~~~~
I'm sorry, what were we talking about?
17. Matt - October 29, 2009 3:15 PM
Don't know if that will pass any building codes...
Pretty awesome though!
18. Neil - October 29, 2009 3:19 PM
Now, where did I put my matches?
19. Uncle Eccoli - October 29, 2009 3:20 PM
Looks dangerous.
20. Allegro - October 29, 2009 3:20 PM
first!!!!
21. andy - October 29, 2009 3:26 PM
you want some tree to go with your house?
22. STOMPY - October 29, 2009 3:27 PM
@9
"sneak in and make out with your girlfriend"?
I say go in there and blaze a fatty and do things that are illegal in most states to her! just sayin and all...
@15
according to "Rules of the Treehouse" section 4.5.3.2.5 section A paragraph 3... and I quote.... "Said 'Treehouse' shall have a foundation by no more than 33% of the above ground structure in either weight or mass given that aforemention structure be construction of material derived from wood itself"
I think that should settle your argument.
23. STOMPY - October 29, 2009 3:29 PM
yes folks, STOMPY is on the troll again...
24. lookaze - October 29, 2009 3:30 PM
would look even cooler with way more massive trees.
mine looked better of course.
25. thomass - October 29, 2009 3:39 PM
kinda dumb being that its held up by parts that touch the ground
26. Stompy - October 29, 2009 3:43 PM
@ STOMPY your gay
27. Stompy - October 29, 2009 3:44 PM
haha...im messing with stompys stuff...what a knob
28. Stompy - October 29, 2009 3:44 PM
now who is trollin'?
29. mike - October 29, 2009 3:47 PM
no rope ladder= fail
30. Dirty-Shizno - October 29, 2009 3:48 PM
anybody ever heard of airsofting? eh? eh? this would be the greatest CQB match of all time 100 people 50 on 50...yeah I'm a nerd
31. Totaly not the gookologie arch nemisis. Superficial writer - October 29, 2009 3:50 PM
How dare he break the sacred bond of the tree house he must be punished by letting me crash their.
32. Closet Nerd - October 29, 2009 3:55 PM
@22 (@9) THAT is what I'm talkin bout!!! Fully maaaaaannn
33. patfontemusic@yahoo.com - October 29, 2009 4:08 PM
HOLLY CRAP!!!I swear, this exact house was in one of my dreams like a year ago. and ive never seen it before this post. Im a little freaked out.
34. Milkman - October 29, 2009 4:10 PM
i cant really tell from the pictures, but it doesnt appear like its fully suspended from trees and has no other support.. its certainly interesting, but i dont know that qualifies it as a tree house.
35. shellshell - October 29, 2009 4:25 PM
@22 I don't even know what is illegal in the states, surely in texas you can do whatever the hell you want...sister, brother , mother...dog?
36. STOMPY - October 29, 2009 4:56 PM
@shellshell
cmon down to WI and I'll show ya... Let's just say, it involves a donkey, jumper cables, a fifth of moonshine, and plenty of KY, oh, and it may or may not look something like this....
http://www.paranaiv.no/files/images/understanding-joshua-05.jpg
37. supernova_hq - October 29, 2009 5:05 PM
@15 i have to agree. It's sitting on the ground, thus fail.
38. Paultergeist - October 29, 2009 5:08 PM
I wonder where in Crossville this has been built...The shruburbs, no doubt!
39. BlackSamTX - October 29, 2009 5:13 PM
I think every termite in Tennessee just got a 'woodie'... see what I did there?
40. Heather - October 29, 2009 5:45 PM
This is no tree house!
just cause it is made of wood doesn't make it a tree house. It aint on a tree. -_-'
41. matt - October 29, 2009 6:12 PM
this thing is pretty bitchin - check out more images here:
http://raddblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/worlds-tallest-treehouse-by-horace-burgess/
42. shellshell - October 29, 2009 6:18 PM
@STOMPY haha that image is rather terrifying but I get your point!! (i think) :p
43. IvanS - October 29, 2009 6:52 PM
what happens as the tree grows. i need an answer
44. IvanT - October 29, 2009 7:36 PM
@43 - as the tree grows, the house will not grow with it. there's your answer.
45. The thompson - October 29, 2009 7:40 PM
Some say this man is crazy to build the worlds largest tree house... I say he's the most prepared for the coming zombie apocalypse. discuss?
46. Discoman - October 29, 2009 11:30 PM
wow... amazing. he did a good job on that. personally i'd rather live in a restored TITAN missile silo complex (only $2,800,000!)
47. ticket printing - October 30, 2009 1:49 AM
Amazing houses.I never saw them.I am confused how people live in them and I am sure that they can easily move to top branches of tree.
48. Jaded Icon - October 30, 2009 7:05 AM
Very nice! I am curious about the standard life on this thing. It doesn't look like the wood is treated. Does this guy have a photo book of this place? I'd like to see more...
49. Nick @ sense - October 30, 2009 8:03 AM
Massive tree "house party" that would rock, imagine it with all crazy rave lights and booming tunes coming from it, half naked women swinging from the branches...
amazing but could end up like this
http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/festivals/6409_134506372109_630362109_3742835_6331188_n.jpg
50. emptyaddy - October 30, 2009 1:50 PM
Tax, tax, tax, and tax. Then when they're done paying more for than what was needed for construction: code enforcement fine, fine, fine, and fine.
51. optimistic! - October 30, 2009 3:22 PM
@ 13..... WHY NOT is a better question!
52. POOP - October 30, 2009 3:29 PM
AWESUM I WANT IT
53. finfan - October 30, 2009 4:58 PM
@ 20 it's such a fail that it is a win
54. Jarred - October 31, 2009 6:59 PM
FIFTY-FIFTH BITCHES!!!
55. Peter - November 1, 2009 4:40 AM
Pfft....more like a tree mansion.
56. logos - November 2, 2009 9:23 AM
WOW!! IS that thing safe? If it is, my hypothetical child is having one!
57. Hayley - November 2, 2009 2:30 PM
@ 22: Fail.
Also: this is awesome until there's a forest fire. Just sayin.
58. dudeguy - November 5, 2009 10:37 PM
Church pews? Seriously?
PEW PEW
59. m - November 6, 2009 1:31 AM
This is a real sky crapper.