Sitting in an ordinary residential Houston street, this unusual house certainly stands out.

But The Beer Can House has become one of the strangest attractions that the city has seen.

It was created by John Milkovisch, a retired upholsterer for the Southern Pacific Railroad, in 1968 when he starting redoing his garden.

Reflective: The Beer Can House is now one of the most unusual tourist attractions in Houston, Texas

He began inlaying thousands of marbles, rocks, and metal pieces into concrete and redwood to form unique landscaping features

Mr Milkovisch said that he got ‘sick of mowing the grass’ so covered the entire front and back yards.

The garlands, believed to have been made from 50,000 cans, make the house sing in the wind, but have also cut their electricity bills.

Aluminium: Former owner John Milkovisch covered the outside on the house with siding made of cut and flatten beer cans and garlands made from the lids.

Restored: The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, a local nonprofit that preserves art installations in the city, bought the property about 10 years ago, restored the house and it opened it to the public

Mr Milkovisch said: ‘It tickles me to watch people screech to a halt. They get embarrassed.

Sometimes they drive around the block a couple of times. Later they come back with a car-load of friends.

‘I don‘t consider this art. It‘s just a pastime. But sometimes I lie awake at night, trying to figure out why I do it.’

He, his wife Mary and their friends drank all of the beer cans that have been used.

It was sold to the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art ten years ago, despite the creator believing it was more of a hobby than an artwork.

Thirsty: Mr Milkovisch and his wife Mary and their friends drank all of the beer cans that have been used

Inspirational: Garlands made from the tops of beers cans hang from the eaves behind signs in the front of the beer can house

The non-profit organisation have restored the house and opened it to the public.

The exterior is affected by Houston’s weather so the company need to continually do work to keep it in its original condition.

Volunteers from the local neighborhood to the far reaches of Houston’s suburbs and even as far as California have been an integral part of creating these new beer can elements.

The site is open to visitors for guided and self-guided tours that feature the history of the Beer Can House, the Rice Military neighborhood, John’s artistic techniques and Folk Art in Texas.

Community: Volunteers from the local neighborhood to the far reaches of Houston¿s suburbs and even as far as California have been an integral part of creating these new beer can elements