STRANGE BUT TRUE

In Wapiti Valley in Wyoming, US, stands a weird log cabin notable for first becoming the obsession of — and then the death of — its owner. Engineer Francis Lee Smith spent 12 years adding to his dream home, until it was a five-storey mess of undulating staircases and precarious balconies. In 1992, he fell from a balcony while working on the house and died of his injuries.