the bottle house

One of those quirky travel finds…this is the Bottle House in Kaleva, Michigan (population 507). Built by John Makinen in 1941. He was a Finnish immigrant to Michigan. He owned a bottling company and the house is built with over 60,000 glass bottles laid on their side with bottoms to the exterior.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Wow!! What an amazing find- and quite the architectural feat!

[Liz Milne]

How interesting!

[Suzanne]

That's really interesting. How does it look inside, I wonder??

[Mags]

What a fascinating house!

[Rick]

Wow, that is some building. Great find and capture.

[Larry Steager]

Very cool.

[Babs]

What an amazing house.

[Kathy A]

Wow, that's pretty cool

[Kathy]

A quirky and interesting sight.

[Diana]

Fabulous shots of this amazing house! It must be very light inside.

[eDorre]

What fun! Great collage and thanks for the info

[JackieR]

What's the inside like???

[Issi Bannerman]

Oh, there's something like this in Houston, but I think it might be beer cans! What a fabulous idea. Is it still lived in?

[Susan Wakely]

So interesting.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Fabulous - what an interesting find !

[Julie Duncan]

Super shots! I photographed this amazing place years ago. Need to revisit! Lots of Finnish heritage around there. :)

[Merrelyn]

Great find

[Monica]

Interesting!

[Carole Sandford]

Interesting!

[Brian]

Wow!