- crazy swing attached at the tip top...blur of a little girl swinging on it. :) - me, alexis
- Welcome Friends - me, alexis
- these crazy wood leftovers covered this tower, inside and out. Many people left their signatures or messages on them. It was really pretty! - me, alexis
The Minister's Tree House, Crossville, TN
09/11/12 - Update
The Minister's Tree House has been closed. See the links below for
details:
www.newschannel5.com/story/19460016/crossville-treehouse-...
tn.gov/commerce/sfm/documents/SFM-Letter-TheTreehouse.pdf
It's called a tree house, but I disagree with that statement. It's more like a house that swallowed a tree. And a Church. And quite possibly the all the builder's free time for the last 30+ years.
Comments and faves
rooftop65, SeeMidTN.com (aka Brent), Kristen Bobo, Kristen Kontagious, and 1142 other people added this photo to their favorites.
me, alexis (44 months ago | reply)
AWESOME panorama!!! I can't believe you got the distortion to look so perfect. This was fun. :)
Irishredhead (44 months ago | reply)
Wow, this is so cool, thanks for putting it together!
Jay_Greene_ (44 months ago | reply)
That big-ass school you drove past to get there is where I teach. Did ya know that?
Chuck Sutherland (44 months ago | reply)
Jay, yeah, it seems I did know that. Word.
rooftop65 (44 months ago | reply)
If ever I'm is Crossville I must see this. What a unique piece of architecture. Chuck - thanks so much for stitching this shot together! Ah such talent you have!
Rob Robbins (44 months ago | reply)
Now this is WILD!
Kristen Bobo (44 months ago | reply)
Great shot of this Chuck. Wow!
poppatiller (44 months ago | reply)
Another great spot to visit... Thanks Chuck
SeLuSaVa (44 months ago | reply)
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SeLuSaVa (44 months ago | reply)
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SeLuSaVa (44 months ago | reply)
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:::HoJinChang::: (44 months ago | reply)
Lovely landscape, thanks for sharing!!
Kristen Bobo (44 months ago | reply)
Holy cow Chuck. Look at the number of views on this.
mazmanoglu (44 months ago | reply)
perfect house
the.katzenkoenig (44 months ago | reply)
wow impressive!! Great capture :)
scottishtom (44 months ago | reply)
I'm gonna build one in my garden! Great shot!
Ulric Collette [deleted] (44 months ago | reply)
wow!
Bill Fultz (44 months ago | reply)
Now this thing is awesome!
C_Low 88 (44 months ago | reply)
wOAH! AWESOME! hahahaha ...i wonder what kind of wood they used to build it :P
Pieces of Puzzle (44 months ago | reply)
Free of animosity
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me, alexis (44 months ago | reply)
me, alexis (44 months ago | reply)
I'd also like to add that this entire thing was nailed together. Having built a few things before (but nothing like an entire house), I don't understand why someone wouldn't use SCREWS. Is it cost?
Julieta Escudero (44 months ago | reply)
wow, excellent perspective!!
r.AI (-) (44 months ago | reply)
this is great
Chuck Sutherland (44 months ago | reply)
Kristen, I got explored! There's my 15 seconds of fame. :-)
John, if you're ever in Tennessee let me know and I'll take you to lots of beautiful and incredible places.
Rob, yeah it's kinda crazy. Poppatiller, it's not far for you if you're up for a road trip.
And to shout out to the Reddits out there, yeah, the place creaked like crazy when the wind blew. Other than that it felt pretty stable.
SeLuSaVa, :::HoJinChang:::, mazmanoglu, David Klock, scottishtom, Ulric Collette, slakejustice, C_Low 88, Pieces of Puzzle, llulietta, r.AI (-), thanks for all the compliments.
This was the only place where I could get the majority of the tree house into a single shot. This single shot is actually 3 HDR's (total of 9 photos). The seam was a bit difficult to achieve. I used two methods to combine them, the left and middle are combined using the perspective method (planar) and the right one joined to the prior one as an little/no distortion.
Again, this thing's right off I40. Check it out.
rooftop65 (44 months ago | reply)
I will, and if I travel through Tennessee to get to Maine (where my daughter and grand children live) it is an actual possibility! Thank you so much for the offer.
PanMajster (44 months ago | reply)
wow... really nice place! i want to be there! :] nice hdr
leisakay3 (44 months ago | reply)
What a fantastic find. This house is wonderful. I'd love to be able to explore it.
Ozgurmulazimoglu (44 months ago | reply)
L'amicizia fa la differenza - Friendship makes the difference
Ozgurmulazimoglu (44 months ago | reply)
the Nature and Life on Planet Earth - The friendly group :) group icon
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Avant-Gardenist (44 months ago | reply)
i love you just the way you are, please come h ♥ m e
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Jamie Byler [deleted] (44 months ago | reply)
dude, you just got some serious awesome points in my book
Diego Vargas Secaira (43 months ago | reply)
This capture is really good
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M4j4 (43 months ago | reply)
Wow! Never seen anything like it! Live architecture that eats up trees and churches; ) ..where is the church bell btw? ; )
Good photo after all the hassel you've been through!
djgr (43 months ago | reply)
this is quite awesome...organic architecture gone wild!
Chuck Sutherland (43 months ago | reply)
:: Maja, the church bells are on the right side, at the top. They are made from large compressed gas tanks (if I recall correctly).
odditty (43 months ago | reply)
yoou have got to be kidding me!! how incredible!
me, alexis (43 months ago | reply)
Can't believe these views! WOW!
A Different Eye Photography Twitter: ADiffEyePhoto (40 months ago | reply)
What a wonderful image!
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Sweet Southeast, and we'd love to have this and any other images you would like to add to the group!
Nick Dobie (38 months ago | reply)
Thats super nuts
David C. Foster (35 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called All about Trees, Arboriculture, and Tree Care., and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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Bull Snook (35 months ago | reply)
insane and way cool, great shots
HikeTheSummits (35 months ago | reply)
So cool, I'd love to have a house like that in the NH White Mountains!!
FezLens (35 months ago | reply)
haha this is retarded!! really cool
cj_o (34 months ago | reply)
It's a tree mansion...
ஜ Vαиєssα ஜ (34 months ago | reply)
Não parece uma tree house, é uma casa entre as arvores!
Tree house é em cima.
Thompson Photography (33 months ago | reply)
Saw your photo on the Urlesque.com article on treehouses (I have one of my own shots on there, too). This is really a standout - incredible!
Chuck Sutherland (33 months ago | reply)
Thompson Photography, thanks! The photo is probably not nearly as good as the subject is interesting - Which were the photos you shot?
V2Blast (33 months ago | reply)
HOLY SHIT. THIS IS AWESOME.
-a redditor.
Annalee. (31 months ago | reply)
This is amazing!