Could This Be,

the loneliest house in the world?

photograph Hansueli Krapf/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5), the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago consists of a cluster of small islands off the southern coast of Iceland. Elliðaey (or Ellirey) is the most north-eastern of these islands, and home to the iconic single house siting alone on a grassy, sloping pasture, rising straight out of the ocean, Ellidaey Island is spread across 110 acres, the unoccupied island is situated in the northeast of the nearest inhabited island of Heimaey, while many people came to believe that the house was photoshopped in the images, many others believed that it belonged to the Ellidaey Hunting Association. In the early 1950s, members of the hunting association built a cabin on the island, where they could stay as hunting season began and also during puffins’ egg-laying season in spring. Easily accessible by boat from the mainland, a zip line, meant strictly for the hunters of the group, takes them to the cabin on the slope. The house, without electricity and running water, is used by the members of the hunting group as a place to stay and rest during hunting season, if you want to know more about the story behind this unique house have a look here, imagine being out there and then remembering you forgot the tin opener!