dwellings perched incredibly precariously

This spectacular house is nestled into a narrow ravine that overlooks the Azure sea. That didn t stop them from sliding a sweet pool in over the massage sala (don t worry I had to Google it too it means open pavilion where you get awesome massages).

The Stahl House is a modernist styled house designed by architect Pierre Koenig in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles, California.

So many rare and exotic species call this island home, it s almost like another planet. But for now, we ll just focus on one species (human) and the dizzying city that they built on top of a coastal cliff.

It looks straight out of Dr. Seuss but there s nothing fictional about this tea house on stilts designed by modern architect Terunobu Fujimori.

No, you re not seeing things. That really is a house dangling off the side of Jacobs Hall at the University of California San Diego. It s technically a sculpture, built as the 18th addition to the school s Stuart Collection.

House dangling off the side of a building not enough for ya? Have one that s turned completely upside down instead. Built by Polish businessman and philanthropist Daniel Czapiewski, this topsy turvy house is perched in the tiny village of Szymbark. It is meant to be a profound statement about the Communist era and the chaotic state of the world.

Without exactly the right perspective, you wouldn t even be able to separate this amazing tree hotel from the surrounding foliage. Accessible only by a 12 meter long bridge, those brave enough to journey into the Mirrorcube are rewarded with a double bed, bathroom, lounge, and rooftop terrace.

Thousand Islands (no relation to the salad dressing) is an archipelago of 1,864 islands that straddles the Canada U.S. border in the Saint Lawrence River. This is one of the smallest, appropriately named Just Enough Room. You can see why.

Fifteen hundred years after its construction (allegedly by a single man) this hanging temple in China s Shanxi Province still dangles 300 feet above the river bed.

This shiny vacation home in the English countryside is the epitome of an optical illusion. When It is only when visitors reach the end of the track that they suddenly experience the full length of the volume of the residence, suspended in mid air by nothing but a bit of clever engineering.