Reader, we think that we’ve finally found something to replace our obsession with tiny houses — at least momentarily. Flying houses! Like Dorothy’s airborne farmhouse in The Wizard of Oz or Carl Fredricksen’s floating Victorian in Up, the buildings in Laurent Chehere’s Flying Houses series defy gravity and take to the skies thanks to the magic of Photoshop. That said, most of the dwellings in his manipulated photos aren’t exactly what we’d call cozy. One of them has no windows, while another appears to also house a McDonald’s. And then there’s the one that’s on fire… Still, flying houses! Click through to check them all out now.

Photo credit: Laurent Chehere
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