ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Guillebeau House

Okay kiddo, so there was a man named Chris Guillebeau who traveled to every country in the world. That's a lot of countries! When he came back to America, he decided to build himself a pretty cool house.

This house is unusual because it's made out of a bunch of shipping containers. You know, those big metal boxes that hold things like toys or clothes when they come from other countries. Chris put some of these containers together to make his house.

But he didn't just plop the containers down and call it a day. He had to be really creative and do a lot of work to make the house comfortable to live in. He cut holes in the walls to make windows and doors, put in plumbing so he could have running water, and installed solar panels to make electricity.

The house looks pretty cool too! It's colorful and has a lot of windows to let in sunlight. Inside, it's decorated with art and furniture from around the world that Chris collected on his travels.

So that's the story of the Guillebeau house - a unique home made out of shipping containers that a man built for himself after traveling to every country in the world.