There’s a house in South Korea that’s designed to look like a toilet. The “toilet house,” as it’s called, was built in 2007 by Sim Jae-deok, who later became chairman and founder of…….wouldn’t you know it…….the World Toilet Association. The toilet-shaped house is in Suwon, which is about 25 miles south of Seoul. While Sim was famously called "Mr. Toilet" and the house nicknamed the toilet house, that's not its official name. Instead, Sim named it Haewoojae, which signifies in Korean "a place of sanctuary where one can solve one's worries." The $1.6 million house has two bedrooms, two guest rooms, and three "deluxe" bathrooms. The entire 4,520-square-foot house is made of steel, white concrete, and glass. It also has a symbolic bowl-like opening in the roof. Sim died in 2009. He was 70 years old, which means he was only able to enjoy his famous toilet-shaped house for two years. However, the house lives on. Today it's a museum that not only tells the story of the history of toilets but is also used as an art gallery. Should you want to spend the night there, the house can be rented for a mere $50,000.
