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Houston's famous beer can house

The back of Houston's Beer Can House. Click on a photo to go to a slideshow.
"I really thought that the Beer Can House would just be some junky old novelty that tourists flocked to," <a href="http://bit.ly/160tyin" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:writes Wendy Underwood in her Flickr caption;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">writes Wendy Underwood in her Flickr caption</a>. "It's actually a cool piece of folk art with some really great stories behind it." <a href="http://yhoo.it/14efE06" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about Houston's Beer Can House, and see a video about it, from the Associated Press on Yahoo! Homes.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about Houston's Beer Can House, and see a video about it, from the Associated Press on Yahoo! Homes.</a>
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The interior of the house. <a href="http://yhoo.it/14efE06" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about Houston's Beer Can House, and see a video about it, from the Associated Press on Yahoo! Homes.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about Houston's Beer Can House, and see a video about it, from the Associated Press on Yahoo! Homes.</a>
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Art in the backyard. <a href="http://yhoo.it/14efE06" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about Houston's Beer Can House, and see a video about it, from the Associated Press on Yahoo! Homes.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about Houston's Beer Can House, and see a video about it, from the Associated Press on Yahoo! Homes.</a>
"Even a beer can sidewalk," <a href="http://bit.ly/12z8Fho" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:marvels Flickr photographer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">marvels Flickr photographer</a> shawvanmarie. <br><br><br><a href="http://yhoo.it/14efE06" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about Houston's Beer Can House, and see a video about it, from the Associated Press on Yahoo! Homes.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about Houston's Beer Can House, and see a video about it, from the Associated Press on Yahoo! Homes.</a>
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Windchimes. Some say the house sings in the wind. <a href="http://yhoo.it/14efE06" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about Houston's Beer Can House, and see a video about it, from the Associated Press on Yahoo! Homes.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about Houston's Beer Can House, and see a video about it, from the Associated Press on Yahoo! Homes.</a>
John and Mary Milkovisch's bench. <a href="http://yhoo.it/14efE06" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about Houston's Beer Can House, and see a video about it, from the Associated Press on Yahoo! Homes.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about Houston's Beer Can House, and see a video about it, from the Associated Press on Yahoo! Homes.</a>
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This photo is titled <a href="http://bit.ly/13sYrJb" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:"Mrs. Milkovisch's Lemon Tree";elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">"Mrs. Milkovisch's Lemon Tree"</a> on Flickr.<br><br> <a href="http://yhoo.it/14efE06" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about Houston's Beer Can House, and see a video about it, from the Associated Press on Yahoo! Homes.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about Houston's Beer Can House, and see a video about it, from the Associated Press on Yahoo! Homes.</a>
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Several signs adorn the property. <a href="http://yhoo.it/14efE06" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Read more about Houston's Beer Can House, and see a video about it, from the Associated Press on Yahoo! Homes.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Read more about Houston's Beer Can House, and see a video about it, from the Associated Press on Yahoo! Homes.</a>
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Former owner John Milkovisch covered the outside on the house with siding made of cut and flatten beer cans and garlands made from the lids. The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, a local nonprofit that preserves art installations in the city, bought the property about 10 years ago, restored the house and it opened it to the public.