Houses

What you don't tend to see is that these houses often get wider the further back they get, as well as being very long.

Many of the houses have smaller windows at their top, which gives the optical illusion of the house being taller - which acted as a status symbol of wealth back in the day.

For those eagle-eyed observers, you will also notice how many of the thin canal-front houses have hooks at their tops.

These hooks were fitted to the tops of houses so that large and bulky items could be winched into the house's upper floors rather than carrying them up the narrow, steep and winding stairways!

In Westminster is Westminster Abbey (a cathedral), The Palace of Westminster (the Houses of Parliament, with Big Ben), and 10 Downing Street (where the Prime Minister lives).

They can tear houses to pieces and often leave people homeless.

They have castles, beach huts, mobile homes, and more than two thousand tree houses currently listed on the site!

The houses are tiled and the wooden components are carved with traditional motifs.

Things that cost lots of money (like houses and cars) will generally not be bought entirely with cash.

The city houses the magnificent Angkor Wat, one of Cambodia's most popular tourist attractions.