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Where else would the world’s highest wooden structure be located other than “The Wooden City” (which, as the arboreally astute among you may know, is Archangelsk, Russia)? Archangelsk did not only earn its nickname for the town’s numerous wooden dwellings but also for its wooden port building, wooden streets and museum that includes wooden artworks such dishes made from birch bark. The wooden skyscraper in the center of town towers over this termite’s dream town like Gargamel’s palace over The Smurf village. The 13-story, 144-foot (44-meter) tall building was constructed entirely without the use of machinery. For a well-researched article about some of the unusual history behind this unusual structure click on “learn more,” or see the photo below the jump.

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