
This undated photo provided by Jessica Brookhart shows a treehouse owned by Brookhart in Gold Hill, Colorado. Brookhart bought it recently and occasionally rents it.

This undated photo provided by Aaron Smith, who owns Treecraft Design-Built in Fort Collins, Colorado, shows a Pagosa Springs treehouse Smith and his firm built. Smith said interest in treehouses has increased in the last few years.

This undated photo provided by The Mohicans Treehouse Resort and Wedding Venue shows “Tin Shed” at The Mohicans Treehouse Resort and Wedding Venue in Glenmont, Ohio.

This photo taken by Nanci Butler in 2020 shows her husband, Ethan, in the backyard treehouse they built during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. About three months after it was built, an oak tree fell on top of the treehouse and demolished it.

This undated photo provided by The Mohicans Treehouse Resort and Wedding Venue shows one of the treehouses at The Mohicans Treehouse Resort and Wedding Venue in Glenmont, Ohio. Guests can enjoy luxury amenities in these treehouses all year at this resort.

This undated photo provided by The Mohicans Treehouse Resort and Wedding Venue shows “Little Red” at The Mohicans Treehouse Resort and Wedding Venue in Glenmont, Ohio. Treehouses at this resort have heat and air conditioning and a full kitchen.

This undated photo provided by The Mohicans Treehouse Resort and Wedding Venue shows one of the nine treehouses at The Mohicans Treehouse Resort and Wedding Venue in Glenmont, Ohio.
Anthropologists believe our ancient human ancestors spent their time in trees, so it should be no surprise we love treehouses today.
Treehouses of all kinds are experiencing a renaissance.
When an acre-size slice of land in Gold Hill, Colorado, came on the market earlier this year, local resident Jessica Brookhart, 41, snapped it up for $80,000.
The draw for her: The house was a treehouse.
It was a place she could hang out with her husband and two young boys.
“I had never been inside it, but had admired it from a distance,” she said, admitting it was an emotional purchase.
The man who owned the land had built the treehouse with materials from a recycling center in neighboring Boulder. The structure can fit two adults and two children. There’s no bathroom or running water, and a squat potty is outside down on the ground. There’s a camping stove for cooking, and water has to be brought up. From the windows, you can see Longs Peak and the Continental Divide.
“Since I was a little girl, I was obsessed with little mini-houses, or sheds and treehouses,” Brookhart said.
She sometimes rents the treehouse out online, and to her surprise, lots of people want to use it.
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