beyond maps

Looking for a new home? Try this slick website.

househack

Great idea for a staircase where one wouldn't normally go.

attention: HUD

This is how they do low-income housing in Vienna, Italy. This is definitely not how they do it in Montgomery, Alabama.

stunning

Houses with a view.

i could live here

quite easily.

coolest room on the block

I would have been a lot cooler in school if my parents had tricked out my bedroom like this. Every healthy child needs a fire pole to slide down in order to do his or her homework. Found in this uber-cool set of swingin' pads on flickr.

li(o)vable billboards

This is a loft I could enjoy.

Walking is good

How walk-friendly is your house? See what your walk score is here. (May be down right now--I think it got Dugg and Google freaked out.)

secret room? what secret room?

My next house will feature these.

And the coolest part is that it can be made to open by arranging chess pieces on a nearby board in a specific configuration.