Houses built on stilts in the village of Nampan on the edge of Inle Lake, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia

Houses built on stilts in the village of Nampan on the edge of Inle Lake, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia

Warao Indian hatched-roof huts built upon stilts, Delta Amacuro, Orinoco Delta, Venezuela, South America

Traditional Houses built on Stilts, Gam, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Traditional Houses built on Stilts, Gam, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

A small house built on stilts in Belluda Creek, Ucayali River, Loreto, Peru, South America

Traditional fishermen's houses built on the sea, Tourlida, Missolonghi Lagoon, Greece

Fisherman traditional wooden house built on the sea in Tourlida Missolonghi, Greece

Stilt house built by Philippino refugees on east coast of Borneo by Bajau people, Mabul Island, Sabah, Malaysia, island of Borneo, Southeast Asia, Asia

Farm and rice terraces in Bhutan

Houses built on stilts in the village of Nampan on the edge of Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Lakeside houses built on stilts, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, (Burma)

Lakeside houses built on stilts, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, (Burma)

New homes built by Brad Pitt's Make It Right organization in the lower ninth ward which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina; the homes are all elevated and use energy-saving technology and eye-catching design, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

New homes built by Brad Pitt's Make It Right organization in the lower ninth ward which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina; the homes are all elevated and use energy-saving technology and eye-catching design, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Wooden houses built on stilts, Rorbuer, wharf, village of &, Lofoten, Norway, north of the polar circle, Scandinavia, Europe

Restaurant Strandbar built on stilts off the St. Peter-Ording beach, Eiderstedt Peninsula, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe