"One Log House" in California, USA

haha wow! This is the "One Log House" and it is located in Garberville, California, USA. It is a one-bedroom house that was hollowed out from a single 13-foot in diameter giant 2,100 year old redwood tree in 1946! It took the builder, Art Schmock and an helper 8 months of hard labor to hollow out the log into a room that is 7 ft. high and 32 ft. long and weights about 42 tons!

Another amazing thing about this "house" is that its actually on wheels. Art Schmock intended to have it tour across the country but ran into problems because of its size so it rested in Clam Beach for a time, then the town of Leggett for 25 years, and then twenty-three years in Phillipsville. Ready to travel again, it moved in 1999 to its current home on US Highway 101 just south of Garberville!

Would you want to live in a giant log?

"One Log House" in California, USA
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