This is the world’s most remote house that sits 2,000 miles from the UK

The Ball House sits alone on Eon Island in the Atlantic Ocean, and no one is quite sure how it got there or why it’s been left empty.

Known as the world’s loneliest house, it’s found on a remote island around 2,000 miles from the UK, with only passing ships for company.

The house is surrounded by mystery, and some spooky stories have popped up over the years—like it being built for a possible zombie apocalypse.

This white house has stood strong for nearly a hundred years on a green hillside on Eon Island, also called Ellidaey Island.

Back in the 1700s and 1800s, a few families lived on this beautiful island, the furthest northeast in the Vestmannaeyjar island group.

But by the 1930s, the last people had left the 4.5 square kilometre island to move to the mainland for a better life.

Since then, the island has stayed completely empty, and the mystery house has sparked wild guesses from people all over the world.

Some have said it might belong to a billionaire planning for the end of the world, a hermit looking for peace and quiet, or even the singer Björk.

The truth, though, is much simpler—it was built in the 1950s by a local hunting group as a shelter for puffin hunters.

Called the Ball House, the little cabin doesn’t have electricity or running water, but it’s a special place for anyone who makes it there.

Getting to the house is tough. There’s no dock for boats, the sea can be rough, and visitors have to climb up steep rocks. Inside, there’s a small kitchen area, a stove, a sofa, and space to sleep with ten mattresses.

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