Jay Lake (jaylake) wrote,
Jay Lake
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[photos|travel] The steampunk dream house

Passing through the town of Hanapepe on Kauai, an odd building that looked a bit like a treehouse caught our eye. We turned off onto Puolo Road and had a look...

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It was if the Professor from Gilligan's Island had turned up on Kauai, after a drag through Baron von Monocle's Zeppelin Works and Scrapyard.

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I think the interior is a shell, but I'm not sure. We stayed on the public street, not crossing the property line or otherwise trespassing.

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The structure itself was pretty strange, then it was adorned elaborately, the property fronted by a metalwork fence well over the line into outsider art.

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A lot of odd beauty here.

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The radial engine and prop were my favorite bit.

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The neighboring property was a bit of a fixer upper as well...

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Next up, the Russian Fort on Kauai (who knew?) and an abandoned sugar mill.

And as usual, more at the Flickr set.

Photos © 2011, Joseph E. Lake, Jr. and B. Lake.

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Tags: art, child, kauai, nature, photos, steampunk, travel, weird
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