20 Staircase Photos That Require Users To Proceed With Caution

There’s a TikTok trend of climbing this crazy tower station on a hilltop built by a long-dead King in a far-off little island village called Ambuluwawa . It has an ad-hocly built staircase, and sometimes there’s only space enough for one thin foot to be placed at a time on the climb up. It seems crazy but hordes flock to it, meaning passing each other is an acrobatic feat in itself.

But while, that is a tourist attraction for the views, sometimes in life you come across staircases in ordinary settings that absolutely boggle the mind. What were the architects behind these designs thinking? Found on a Facebook page by the hilarious moniker, stairs deSigned by people who are not afraid to die , these deadly-looking masterpieces certainly require some daring nerve to give it a try.

#1 When The House Lights Go Down, Good Luck

#2 A Set Of Steep Stairs Each Step Alternates So That You Can Only Really Put One Foot On A Step At A Time. It’s Also Nearly A Straight Down Angle

#3 Do They Know That Wheelchair Users Don’t Normally Bunny Hop?

#4 I Wanna See Someone Try This In Heels

#5 The Staircase You Take An Enemy Down

#6 Oh No, I’ll Jump, Thanks

#7 Left, Picture Of Stairs From Top-The Wood Planks Run Parallel To Stair Edges Seemingly Forming A Flat Surface. Right, Steps Viewed From Bottom After Fall

#8 When You Don’t Have Enough Space For Stairs! Brilliant Child-Friendly Space With An Observatory Tower Incorporated By Arch. Hiroshi Okamoto

#9 Sthairs

#10 An Unusual Cuboidal Stairway In The Little Village San Augustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico (Vernacular Architecture) They Are Made Out Of Red Stone And In Six Alternating Columns. The Ankle Twister

#11 The ‘Stairs Of Death’ Are A Section Of Stone Steps Built By The Incas, Which Lead To The Top Of Huayna Picchu, In Peru, Which Is One Of The Steep Mountains That Overlooks Machu Picchu

The peak of the mountain is 2,693 metres above sea level and has Inca ruins on top. You couldn’t pay me a billion dollars to walk up that

#12 Yeah, That Is A One-Story Home For Me

#13 My Shins Hurt Looking At This

#14 Honey What’s Wrong, You Haven’t Gone Down The Stairerslide Today

#15 I Just Fell Down These In My Mind And It Sounded Like Someone Hitting A Gong In A Very Uncoordinated Way

#16 This Made My Stomach Swoop

#17 “Stairs” Designed By Francesco Librizzi. It’s Really More Of A Treacherous Ladder. I’d Consider Going Up These. Would Not Be Interested In Going Down Them

#18 I Can Already Feel The Concussion

#19 Stairs For People Who Aren’t Afraid To Die And Who Enjoy The Nauseating Feeling Of Vertigo

#20 Love My New Apartment But These Are The Stairs Leading Up To The Loft. They Feel More Like A Ladder Because Of How Steep They Are. Don’t Get Me Started On How We’re Going To Move Furniture Up There

Shanilou Perera

Shanilou has always loved reading and learning about the world we live in. While she enjoys fictional books and stories just as much, since childhood she was especially fascinated by encyclopaedias and strangely enough, self-help books. As a kid, she spent most of her time consuming as much knowledge as she could get her hands on and could always be found at the library. Now, she still enjoys finding out about all the amazing things that surround us in our day-to-day lives and is blessed to be able to write about them to share with the whole world as a profession.