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These Are Some Straight-up Crooked Houses (10 Photos)!

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If you thought that the Tower of Pisa is the only unnatural-looking building in the world, boy were you wrong! There’s an entire street in New Zealand where every single house looks like it came from a Tim Burton fantasy. When you first stand on Baldwin Street in New Zealand, you’ll really start doubting your sanity. And yeah, there’s no Photoshop in these pics (maybe just a few filters here and there, though).

1. Yup, yup, “confusion” is definitely the right word here.
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2. How to mess with people’s minds: Anchor your letterbox so that it’s on the same incline as the street. Voilà! Your house is now sinking.
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3. Don’t even try doing a moonwalk up that hill!
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4. Aman, it actually looks like the house is sinking into the ground.
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5. Baldwin Street is only 1,150 feet long, but walking to the end of it will literally take your breath away. Or break your legs, depending on where you start.
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6. At a gradient of 1:2.86 (a 19-degree slope), this residential street is the steepest in the world. Suck it San-Fran!
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7. I’m beginning to see how this street would mess you up for life.
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8. For some reason I really like this shot. Something about those angles…
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9. An ancient NZ legend has it, if you’re leaning at just the right angle, your Instagram photos will get 10% more likes than usual!
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10. I can’t even process what’s going on in this one. Who’s crooked and who’s not? I NEED TO KNOW!
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