VIDEO ON MSN LOCAL EDITION
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" was a man with a mission: to improve sanitary facilities worldwide as a way of battling disease.While alive (he passed away in 2009) he had some success. As the mayor of , his signature campaign involved beautifying the public toilets in his town. So when it came time to rebuild his own home, he decided to memorialize his life’s work with a $1.1 million, 4,520-square-foot toilet-shaped house. The steel on the outside is colored white to look like enamel; the center stairwell is the toilet’s drain. He completed the house in 2009 just in time for the inaugural meeting of the World Toilet Association in . Today, it's open for visitors and includes a small museum on the subject of, you guessed it, latrines."
" was a man with a mission: to improve sanitary facilities worldwide as a way of battling disease.While alive (he passed away in 2009) he had some success. As the mayor of , his signature campaign involved beautifying the public toilets in his town. So when it came time to rebuild his own home, he decided to memorialize his life’s work with a $1.1 million, 4,520-square-foot toilet-shaped house. The steel on the outside is colored white to look like enamel; the center stairwell is the toilet’s drain. He completed the house in 2009 just in time for the inaugural meeting of the World Toilet Association in . Today, it's open for visitors and includes a small museum on the subject of, you guessed it, latrines."
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