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You may have never heard of this attraction. You may visit once per year. You may have only read about it in books or stories. It is featured prominently in Neil Gaiman’s novel American Gods as a place that allows one to cross the border between the real world and the “back stage” worlds where [...]
Posted by Elizabeth on Monday, May 2, 2011 at 12:36 am
Filed under All Houses, Off the ground · Tagged with 10 000 maniacs, alex jordan, american gods, back stage, chaotic magic, collections, deer shelter rock, fireplace, frank lloyd wright, house, house on the rock, infinity, iowa county, mill house, neil gaiman, old gods, real world, wisconsin officials
This majestic piece of real estate near Lexington, Kentucky was originally built to be a single-family home. Construction began in 1969 by one Rex Martin and his wife Caroline Bogaert Martin. They had traveled a bit in Europe and were stunned by the architecture, so they decided to try to recreate it on some prime [...]
Posted by Elizabeth on Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 3:19 pm
Filed under All Houses, castles · Tagged with Acre, architect, architecture, art, Bathroom, bogaert, castle home, castle post, castlepost, dining hall, driveway area, fountain courtyard, garden, grand ballroom, home, home construction, house, lexington castle, lexington kentucky, martin castle, massive renovations, medieval times, million dollars, museum, post castle, price tag, prime acreage, renovations, rex martin, setback, single family, tennis court, tourist attraction, turret, turrets
There are four notable towns we’re going to cover in this post – notable because they are all named Hell. Welcome to Hell, Dear Readers. We hope you enjoy the stay. Hell, Nord-Trøndelag This tiny village in Norway has a population of about 1500, and gets pretty darn cold. Like, -4 Degrees Fahrenheit cold. Gives [...]
Posted by Elizabeth on Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 9:54 am
Filed under All Houses, Humor · Tagged with art, california state, cargo handling, Caribbean, Cayman Islands, charles carr, cliff cave, dear readers, degrees fahrenheit, grand cayman, hell michigan, highways, inhabitants, lime, Michigan, Old Norse, play on words, Population, putnam township, rock, screams, soccer field, tiny town, tiny village, tower, town called hell, train, train station, unincorporated community, United States Navy, USS Kittiwake, water tower
The Whaley House was built in 1857 on land that formerly held gallows. It is not only the most haunted house in America, it was even haunted before it was built. The first ghost to roam the area where the rooms would be built was that of James “Yankee Jim” Robinson. But we’ll get to [...]
Posted by Elizabeth on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 12:38 am
Filed under All Houses, Strange Mansions · Tagged with amelia, art, bricks, brickyard, corinne, delirium, Design, eloise, gallows, garden, gold rush, haunted house, home, house, jim robinson, New York, noises in the night, personal joys, personal tragedies, related articles, San Diego, San Francisco, strange, strange noises, thomas jr, thomas whaley, United States, United States Commerce Department, whaley family, Whaley House, whaleys, yankee jim
The Swedish are so cool. Seriously. I think Sweden is an awesome place. Now they’ve created a hotel that is unlike any other – the rooms are mirrored cubes that sit high up in the trees. The mirrors make the cubes practically invisible from the outside, so that the natural setting is not disturbed by [...]
Posted by Elizabeth on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 8:37 am
Filed under All Houses, Green Houses, Off the ground · Tagged with architect, architects, arctic circle, art, birds, boreal forest, circle, cool, cubes, flora and fauna, forests, golden eagles, harmony with nature, house, natural beauties, Nature, nest tree, Recreation, reflections, Sweden, Taiga, tree house, Treehotel, trees, unique homes, unique houses, unique log cabins, weird, weird houses, window strikes, windows and skylights, work of art
If you have an extra million bucks, and you don’t mind the possibility of hurricane-spawned oil seepage, it might be a good time to consider moving to coastal South Carolina. No, seriously. I suspect that many people in the coastal parts of the Southeastern United States are heading west as BP continues to fail to [...]
Posted by Elizabeth on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 10:19 am
Filed under All Houses, Islands · Tagged with barbecue, BP, charleston south carolina, coastal south carolina, coastal town, daniel island, golf magazines, home, house, houses, luxist, oil spill, southeastern united states, United States
We all love a little celebrity gossip – and on this site we especially love an inside look at celebrity homes. Face it. They’re rich, so they can afford really nice homes and home furnishings, and it’s fun to see how the other half lives. Take, for instance, Sheryl Crow’s fabulous New York loft that [...]
Posted by Elizabeth on Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 8:55 am
Filed under All Houses, Apartments, Celebrity Homes · Tagged with americana, art, celebrity gossip, elizabeth roberts, Elle (magazine), flea market, great furniture, home, home furnishings, nashville, New York, sheryl crow, United States, Wyatt
Francis Bannerman was obviously a pretty rich guy. After all, he had enough money to buy 90% of the Spanish-American War’s army surplus (the US side, at least). And then, because his Manhattan surplus store didn’t have the storage space (and because his neighbors weren’t wild about having a whole lot of ammunition on the [...]
Posted by Elizabeth on Friday, May 28, 2010 at 11:25 am
Filed under All Houses, castles, Strange Mansions · Tagged with american indians, army surplus, bannerman castle trust, evil spirits, flying dutchman, francis bannerman, friend of the castle, friends of the castle, George Washington, goblins, home, house, hudson river, Hudson Valley, New York, New York City, Pollepel Island, revolutionary war, spanish american war, United States