The so-called "Nail House" in China, which its owner refused to make way for a highway project, has become an Internet sensation and tourist attraction after a two-lane road was built around it, the German News Agency (dpa) reported.
The homeowner told a local TV station in Guangdong province that she was unhappy with compensation offered by developers who were building the Haizhuyong Bridge, a roadway which crosses a small waterway in the city of Guangzhou.
Videos of the 40-meter wide house, located in a central part of the megacity, went viral on Chinese social media after the bridge opened on August 3.
Footage shows a number of visitors exploring the area below the bridge, and the old house still standing.
The house is an example of a Chinese "nail house": structures that remain like stubborn nails stuck in wood, when residents refuse to make way for major infrastructure projects. Developers can be forced to build highways, bridges, and even other housing developments around them.
