One man has been creating an incredible 'Minecraft' universe for nearly 5 years

As one of the world's most popular, most widely played games, "Minecraft" attracts a large swath of players. Many of these folks are just like you and me - casual, into playing fun games, but maybe not ready to dig in and spend, like, years handcrafting a massive world.

And then there's a small section of that massive playerbase that takes the game's creation aspect to stunning heights. Such is the case with the "Kingdom of Galekin," an enormous, incredibly ambitious world that one "Minecraft" player has been building for nearly five years.

In both size and detail, the Kingdom of Galekin is insanely impressive. Check it: