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This is an exerpt from this blog post:
http://www.messynessychic.com/2015/02/23/13-things-i-found-on-the-internet-today-vol-cxv/

i wanted to share it with folks here since this is one of the most magical things ive ever seen. it's like a gypsy mansion. i'm going to incorporate this style into whatever house/van/bus i get...

1970s Houseboats
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Architecture blog Paradise Backyard scanned a selection of images from Ben Dennis and Betsy Case’s 1977 book Houseboat: Reflections of North America’s Floating Homes…History, Architecture, and Lifestyles.

See more photos from the book found on Paradise Backyard.
 

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That is cool! - like the term "gypsy mansion". I grew up in the early 60's in a trailer (smaller than what people tow) with 3 other siblings - on a plot of land on the Erie Canal. And being little kids - we played by the water all the time --- Saw lots of homemade houseboats (many quite small) go down the canal (some looked like you'd expect Huck Finn to be on) -- some with wood shingles, different windows. Any time we heard an engine coming we ran down the hill to the water to see what oddity was coming. Pretty fun.
 
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That is awesome!!! I wouldn't mind trying to build one and go up and down the Mississippi River and be a river rat. I did spend a lot of time by the Mississippi River but didn't have no boat just a bike and a tent.
 
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