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131 Little Lonely Houses For The Solitary Soul
Living in a city does have its perks, but even city-dwellers dream of escaping to some off the grid house or a small cottage surrounded by wilderness to let their weary souls re-charge. All of these beautiful old houses surrounded by beautiful views will inspire you to get away from it all – for a weekend or for good!
Most isolated log cabins like these had practical uses, and some still do – as hunting lodges or farmhouses. These days, however, more and more such homes are instead rented out to people who want a peaceful place to rest or work.
Scroll down below to see stunning photos, and don't forget to vote for your favorite house! If you've been to one or have just photographed one, we'd love to see it!
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#1
Cottage In The Woods, Scotland
MarianneBrealt 11 years ago
Intimate and cozy, crackling fire, a cup of tea and some sandwiches. Warm blankets and a good book, kerosene lamps A dog sleeping at my feet
Jude Shriner 10 months ago
I want to live here for a year or more.... How can I make that happen?
Jude Shriner 10 months ago
I want to live here for a year or more... How can I make that happen?
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#2
The Solitairy House Of Elliðaey Island, Iceland
#3
Hofskirkja, Iceland
Ashtree 11 years ago
Beautiful, but this is a church! Not somewhere anyone would go and live :)
KatiLaine 11 years ago
And the little mounds are gravesites. A bit creepy. Perhaps a vampire's or a sorcerer's retreat? :)
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Sabrina Botticeli 11 years ago
Well, this one looks like a home for animal, but If they give me for free, I can live in that place for rest of my live.
'Cristian DiNunzio 11 years ago
Ummmm.... anyone notice the graves next door and that all the rest of all the mounds seemingly match being graves all around this house??
'CristianDiNunzio 11 years ago
Ummmm... anyone noticed that this is in the MIDDLE of a graveyard??
#4
A Hut In Winter
MattiasNittérus 11 years ago
Yes, perfect for a winter holiday! Lots of firewood and good claret! :)
GeneTremblay 11 years ago
I dont like when they don't name the location, I want to go here now!
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Marylou Sakosky 11 years ago
This would of been me for sure ..but too old now.. younger for sure.. love this
MarylouSakosky 11 years ago
I really love it and too old to do it ,,but younger ..This would of been the one
Sabrina Botticeli 11 years ago
This one doesn't offer me security, in a landscape like that, there are probably abundant bears and wolves.
#5
Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
Very_bored_panda 11 years ago
Guys, this is a church, not a cottage. It's called The Church of the Good Shephard, it's an amazing place, but you can't actually live there
AlisonCane 11 years ago
It's a church, and not really remote. About 100metres behind the photographer is the township. Beautiful photo of a beautiful place.
EllenFlipse 11 years ago
This is the church of the good shepherd. It used to be very idillic (12 years ago), but this has changed a bit through the years.
RaewynWade 11 years ago
The Church of the Good Shepherd is my pick, it's absolutely spectacular.
#6
Hidden Forest House
Sabrina Botticeli 11 years ago
This one I beautiful, but probably there is lot o mosquitoes.!!!
#7
Apuseni Mountains, Romania
PetruţaIonaş 11 years ago
I this type of house,once lived romanians called ,,moti''.The Apuseni mountains were named ,,The Moti's land''.I love my country :)
Egil Berling 5C Maria Parkskolan 4 years ago
*OMGÄ BYGGER EN ONSYNLIG BÅT I ROBLOX: BUILD A BOAT FOR TREASSURE
#8
Hobbit House, Wales
LindaMilligan 11 years ago
This has got to be the one, tucked in, safe and sound. Lots of visual interest too. Trees, flowers, walls, green. Love it.
#9
Icelandic Mountain Meadow Retreat
#10
Trøllanes, Faroe Islands
ChelseaHolt 11 years ago
Because people have never lived in lighthouses before....
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JacquiHibbert 11 years ago
this would be very dodgy after a drink,not time for a little stroll
JoshuaMusKelley 11 years ago
Yes it is a lighthouse, and in that word we find another word, HOUSE.
#11
Holmur Reykjanes, Iceland
ValuedCustomer 11 years ago
All that light pollution from the city in background, terrible. Actually, quite simply stunning.
#12
Little Red House, Iceland
Gary Bulthouse 11 years ago
I met this very nice Woman from the north of Sweden and she tried really hard to get me to paint my house just like this..
#13
Red House In Snowy Norway
PaulGeorge 11 years ago
I would move ther in this instand! all i need is electricity so i can listen to my favorite music and some tea
MariaGarfjell 11 years ago
We do have electricity in Norway since some 100ds of years ;)
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DemeterRobert 11 years ago
I saw this home in my eye. ulriken mountain near the town of Bergen. Very peaceful but very damn cold, Never forget
RobinFreeneyreed 11 years ago
I would live here!!!! This couldn't be just my get away spot! This would be home!!!!!
StepheniePagulayan 11 years ago
My idea of the perfect house:) roaring fire and Christmas cookies in the oven with a warm cup of chai, bliss!
#14
Arnarstapi, Iceland
Gary Bulthouse 11 years ago
fake! why would you have two stories here? get about sea monsters heads or something? no there is no function with the form A FAKE
Christina Fitzgerald 11 years ago
Wait. Wait. I think this is the one. I wish or was some place a little warmer though.
admin 11 years ago
#15 the house is all red, with two floors. In this one, #13 only the roof is red with three floors, it's definitely not the same house !!
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#15
House In The Middle Of Drina River Near The Town Of Bajina Basta, Serbia
pinkroses 11 years ago
Definitely for the loner. LOL I wouldn't mind living there for a few days...
#16
Tiny House In The Fields, Hungary
#17
In The Fields Of Gold, Alberta, Canada
CeriseDio-enne 11 years ago
I grew up in Alberta, and last I checked, Alberta was in Canada, not the USA.
Dovas 11 years ago
There's an Alberta in the U.S. as well, but it seems like this photo is in fact from the one in Canada.
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KarenTremmel 11 years ago
Lived in Alberta, Canada. Beautiful. Driving away from the cities you're likely to see abandoned buildings like this, shelters for wildlife.
Margareta Brisell Axelsson 5 years ago
Hello! Found this photo (after 5 years!?), is it possible to get the original from somewhere and use it on a bookcover? Where does it come from? Great if I can get quick answer! (Quicker than 5 years... : ) MBA
BobLaubach 10 years ago
Beautiful location & scenery. Beautiful open prairies of middle Canada, despite the abandoned look of this building.
Nina Kerr 11 years ago
My version does not say it is in the USA. It says Alberta, Canada and the article does not say lonely houses in USA.
Brandy Murray 11 years ago
Stop picking on the girl...if you had read ALL the comments you would see that after she first commented the title was corrected...
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Aura María Ruíz Tobón 11 years ago
It looks like courage's house, the cowardly dog in Middle of Nowhere hahaha i like it
#18
Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Iceland
ChristinaGarciaWilson 11 years ago
this is the same house as #15 from a different angle and a different season. look at the mountain and the rocks near the shore...
AnaKorbar 11 years ago
Actually, the same house as no. 12 - Arnarstapi on Snæfellsnes peninsula...
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Fran Barrett 11 years ago
This may be the same house as the one labelled "Arnarstapi, Iceland." The popularity numbers are in flux.
KathleenRichwell 11 years ago
It is the SAME HOUSE as 13!!! Arnarstapi is on the Snæfellsnes peninsula. Different lighting and angle. SAME HOUSE. Same place.
#19
Craig Highland Farm Holiday Cottage Near Plockton, Scotland
Final score:
61points
Donna Downing 11 years ago
Gorgeous - just right for the dogs to have fun, me to fish and have a sustainable garden, road nearby for biking to the markets.
Melissa Wickes 11 years ago
Idyllic. Seals bobbing in the bay. Deer wondering down for a drink. Hot mug of tea. A fireplace. My kids enjoying nature. Utopia!
#20
Barrier Highway, South Australia
PoulTvermoes 11 years ago
Very famouse old ruin mid night oil used it on one of their album covers too
#22
Rice Terraces Of Mu Cang Chai, Vietnam
MalcolmEggsy 11 years ago
Thats not a house it's a bothy for the Paddy field workers for when it rains.
#23
House In Nepal With View Of Himalayas
Final score:
22points
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#25
The House At The End Of The Fjord, Norway
Final score:
21points
#26
Magical Home, Poland
KatarzynaGruszczyńska 11 years ago
This is beautiful, but where is it? I think that it doesn't exist!
Frédéric Eeckman 11 years ago
Look more like an old toilet lost in nature. Gorgeous and lonely, but not a home !
#28
Salzburg, Austria
#30
A Tiny House In The Meadow, Lithuania
Final score:
18points
#31
Hidden Place, Swabian Alps, Germany
AdrianCortezano 11 years ago
the setting is a bit creepy. I might try to renovate the house before moving in .
Frédéric Eeckman 11 years ago
If by "renovate" you mean "pulling it down to build something else, I feel you :D
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#33
Liptovska Teplicka, Slovakia
#34
Miniature House, Hungary
#35
Maniitsoq, West Greenland
Final score:
15points
#36
Rock House, Tenno, Italy
Final score:
15points
Jude Shriner 10 months ago
What I wouldn't give to live the rest of my days here with my dog. Where to begin?
#37
Fagaras, Romania
Final score:
15points
#38
Forgotten House, Austria
Frédéric Eeckman 11 years ago
Why ? It looks pretty lonely to me, and it's a house...
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Philips, Alberta, Canada
#40
Red House In Tors Cove, Newfoundland & Labrador
Final score:
14points
#41
Casita De Vorera, Menorca
Final score:
14points
Maurizio Bellelli (Submission author) 11 years ago
truly I don't know, but I suppose the answer is no: people in Menorca is very proud and happy with these little and isolated houses.
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House On The Lake, Iceland
Amy Downey 2 years ago
All of these deserted no road great places- how do you get food? Or get in and out?
Iris Bagheera 2 years ago
There is a road there, it probably doesn't go up to the house. My grandparents owned a cabin and the road didn't go up to it, grandpa made a parking area and then a walkway made it of small red lava rocks. Roads up to cabin like these are mostly made it of small rocks and sand, not concrete as to no to completely damage the earth in case the cabins get removed.
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Cozy White Cottage In The Turkish Aegean Coastal Region
Final score:
12points
#44
Cottage, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Final score:
12points
#45
Little House In Wester Ross, Scotland
#47
Applecross Road, Scotland
Amy Downey 2 years ago
No thatch, no nesting... metal roof? Looks great. Freagh Cottage in Clare looks like it a lot but was updated. Check it out as it is rentable. Or for retreat. Freagh Cottage. Don't forget.
#50
Ireland
Final score:
9points
#53
Montana, Usa
#55
Black Rock Cottage In Glencoe
Final score:
8points
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
olitary houses are so common in Scotland, I lived in one for 12 years. Beautiful but so boring.
#56
The Gingerbread House In Hungary
Final score:
8points
#57
Waiting, After All These Years... Pulia, Italy
Final score:
7points
#58
Tiny House In The Woods, Lithuania
Final score:
7points
Gary Bulthouse 11 years ago
glass is too shiny or shouldn't exist its like clean as a lab sterile, also its dubious that someone would take the time to overhang room
#59
Dolomiti - Croda Da Lago - Italy
Final score:
7points
#60
Shelter Overlooking Nuup Kangerlua (godthåb Fjord) Near Nuuk, Greenland
Final score:
7points
#61
Balea Lake Chalet Romania
Final score:
7points
#62
Arnafiroi, Iceland
#63
House Isolated With Grass, Iceland
#64
His And Her's - Near Stoer, Assynt, Scotland
Final score:
5points
#65
Winter In Lapland
Final score:
5points
#66
Reflection, Norway.
Final score:
5points
#67
My House In The Hood, Alta Maremma, Toscany
Final score:
5points
#73
Sunset Peak On Lantau Island, Hong Kong
#75
Cabin On The Beach, Opposite Of Popotan Island, Palawan, Philippines
Final score:
4points
#79
Alakir Valley, Turkey
Final score:
4points
#81
Riva Di Tures, South Tyrol, Italian Alps
Final score:
3points
DanielaGuarneri 11 years ago
Riva di Tures... been there so may times. Wonderful and peaceful place. Beautiful shot!!!
#84
Salzberg, Austria.
Final score:
3points
Lu Yue Louise (Submission author) 11 years ago
Yes, it is but from different angle and taken in different season and much earlier, I think, as the trees weren't as tall.
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#87
Inschriach Bothy Artist Residency, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland
Final score:
3points
MichelleMills 11 years ago
This is so ideal for retreat. A tiny, well-built, isolated place in a beautiful national park.
#89
Pink Spooky Shelter =), Near Myrdalsjökull Glacier, Iceland
Final score:
3points
#90
Little Cottage In Norway
Final score:
3points
#94
Loch Shieldaig, Applecross, Wester Ross, Scotland
Final score:
2points
#99
Gulmarg, Kashmir, India
#100
The Kornati Archipelago, Croatia
Final score:
1point
#104
Borletti Refuge In Stelvio National Park, Trentino-alto Adige, Italy
Final score:
1point
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MikhailBlacer 11 years ago
You now know where to go in case of a zombie apocalypse with a truck/boat full of food, water, supplies, medicine and weapons :) Ellieday.
PatriciaMack 11 years ago
Note how many of these beautiful houses are in Iceland, one of the most awesome places on our planet.
MikhailBlacer 11 years ago
You now know where to go in case of a zombie apocalypse with a truck/boat full of food, water, supplies, medicine and weapons :) Ellieday.
PatriciaMack 11 years ago
Note how many of these beautiful houses are in Iceland, one of the most awesome places on our planet.
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