Have You Seen This? Coolest treehouse ever

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YOUR CHILDHOOD DREAMS — Every kid dreams of building an epic treehouse, one where you can have all of your friends over and make it a club for which you have to know the secret handshake to get in. You wanted a treehouse that had secret passages, rope swings and even a basketball court, because why not?

While we all had grand dreams of making this treehouse utopia a reality, no one actually did it quite as well as Minister Horace Burgess.

Minister Burgess built this treehouse in Tennessee as a place where people could come and live out childhood fantasies of having their own special refuge in the woods. The treehouse is 97 feet tall and has 80 rooms, including a bell tower, basketball hoop and chapel.

Minister Burgess wasn't exactly an architect or an engineer, and he built the tree house a bit haphazardly. Because of that, the Tennessee fire marshal closed down the tree house because it was a fire hazard.

That means you can cancel your trip to Tennessee because you can't get to this majestic haven anymore. I guess you could still go and get some wicked-good BBQ and listen to some great music, but without the treehouse it might feel hollow.


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John has been writing about movies, news, sports and pretty much anything awesome for more than five years. John is the co-host of the Flix Junkies podcast and will always entertain you with his stories.

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