This charming Hobbit Houseboat is on sale in Seattle for $785,000. It has everything for a comfortable living and the charm is priceless. This two story cottage is custom crafted having 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom with 200 year old cedar log bathtub, sculptural wooden sink, cedar carved door and cherry floors. It also has a large exterior deck with lovely lake view.

This home is located on the coast of Southern Australia and it’s innovative design makes it appear to be floating over the ocean.

Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center is a huge prison barge that can hold up to 800 inmates. It has 16 dormitories and 100 cells. The barge was built for in 1992 for $161 million in order to reduce overcrowding in New York prisons and has served as a part of the city's prison complex at Rikers Island since then.

Dubbed the “Orsos Islands,” this wind and solar powered movable island will be available for purchase in 2013 for the low price of $4.6 million.

Aqua Expeditions is an astonishing floating five-star hotel cruising along the Amazon. The project was created by Peruvian architect Jordi Puig and is currently the only cruise in the region which fully complies with the world’s lux standards. The hotel has 12 suites about 260 sq. ft. each, with panoramic windows offering picturesque views of Amazon landscapes.

An old barge in the center of Stockholm constructed in 1909 has recently been rebuilt as a living home with an area of 1600 sq. ft.

"floating hand - so close yet so far" And a photobomb

British eco-pioneer Rishi Sowa began constructing his first Spiral Island in 1998. He used around 250,000 plastic bottles to build a 66x54ft (20x16m) island which was located in a lagoon near Puerto Aventuras, on the Caribbean coast of Mexico.Unfortunately, it was completely destroyed by Hurricane Emily in 2005, but not discouraged, he decided to build a new one: Spiral Island II!

Take a look at these great pictures of how the river gets rid of ice. What an incredible sight!

This floating unit is conceived to be a floating office but as it is flexible and you can configure it as you wish, it can also be used for other purposes: hotel room, storage space…

It features a couple of desks, a fold-out bed, a lounge, a kitchenette… and different options are offered. The $91,000 H2Office is designed to be put in a marina or a private waterway.

It’s not a bad idea but I think most of people will prefer to buy a boat!