Photo: Ultimate Tree House

This classic roadside attraction, a four room house carved into a 1900 year old redwood tree, is parked in downtown St. Augustine, Florida. When I found it, I was at the end of a long road trip from Oregon to Florida, preparing to leave the country for a year of travel in Asia. I was already missing my family and friends, still grappling with my new transient lifestyle, and here was a tree that someone had carved out and lived in for twelve years. More than just environmentally dubious kitsch from the 1950s, it's also pure symbolism. Home is everywhere.