The Truth About the "Loneliest House in the World"
Sometimes all you want to do is leave everything behind and flee away. The world's most lonely abode is the place we need to be. A lone white building can be seen perched on Ellidaey, a little island south of Iceland, in images that have surfaced.
Youtuber Ryan Trahan set out to visit the world's most lonely house and learn why it was built there in the first place. Ellidaey Island is a risky place to travel, thus it's not a good idea for inexperienced travelers.
To get there, you'll need to take a ferry to an island, board a tiny boat and navigate the perilous Icelandic waters, contend with dense fog, then climb Ellidaey's sheer rock face. straightforward, right? Although the journey seems difficult, more than 11,000 people have set foot on the island, proving that it is achievable.
Where did it come from?
The existence of the loneliest house in the world is the subject of numerous ideas and rumors.
According to one rumor, a bizarre billionaire constructed it in anticipation of the zombie apocalypse. Others have asserted that the home is the property of a hermit or the well-known Icelandic singer Bjork. Some people on social media have even asserted that the mansion doesn't actually exist and that the pictures were Photoshopped.
The original occupants of the island of Ellidaey recount the history of the lonelyest residence in the entire globe.
The Ellidaey Hunting Association constructed the house so they could hunt the puffins because flocks of the birds live on the island.
The world's most lonely house isn't as lonely as we first believed, it seems. There remains still the original house where scientists and bird watchers stayed and kept their equipment. The original was replaced with the white cottage.