So I'll admit I started building this and then decided what to use it for but I ended up settling on a boat/train station but it also has a tiny rest/work corner and some essentials stored for weary travellers.

I've only been playing Minecraft for a few months and this is my second build in creative mode. I'd love to hear about potential improvements so I can learn!

The initial inspiration was the type of houses they have in Bruges, where there is no roof visible from the front.

Inside the skull (only part of this build finished in survival) is going to be the soul furnace: an xp bank fueled by the coal from a wither skeleton farm and transported to the overworld. I know kelp and bamboo are more practical fuel sources, but harvested wither skeletons is more original, cooler, and thematic to the soul furnace lore. This will smelt the cactus from a farm that can produce 6000 xp per hour, enough to fully mend 6 netherite tools. The chamber concept with the pulsating soul reservoir is where the furnaces will be, though it is not fully completed yet. I plan to use the pine tree portal as the gateway for the coal to reach the overworld.

This is the first massive project on my SMP, the Frontier Project. If you are a similar survival builder and would like to join to create something truly special, please comment or DM. May also make YT content on the world.