![House of Cards in Ann Arbor, Michigan — So nicknamed because its construction was initially financed with credit cards, this Monolithic Dome home sports a wooden “monk” staircase, standing about a foot away from the wall and following its curvature. Made like wooden ladders, monk stairways were first used in monasteries.](/vault/img/2011/05/10/4dc92b64c29e06847300091c/medium/clarke-michigan7.jpg)
House of Cards in Ann Arbor, Michigan — So nicknamed because its construction was initially financed with credit cards, this Monolithic Dome home sports a wooden “monk” staircase, standing about a foot away from the wall and following its curvature. Made like wooden ladders, monk stairways were first used in monasteries.