In 1952, a retired Canadian undertaker began saving empty embalming-fluid bottles: Around 500,000 bottles and 250 tons of glass later, he had built a castle-like home

David H. Brown retired from the funeral business in 1952 after 35 years as an undertaker, when he began collecting empty bottles that had once held embalming fluid. Brown believed the square glass containers could have another use, and over time, that idea grew into a full-scale construction project on the shores of Kootenay Lake in British Columbia, Canada. The result was a two-story home built with around 500,000 discarded embalming-fluid bottles, with a castle-like front and a cloverleaf-shaped layout.

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