Maison de l’Amitie – Private Oceanfront Paradise
Donald Trump, mogul and TV personality, sold his 80,000 square foot mansion in Palm Beach, Florida for a whopping $95 million dollars, in July of 2008. The buyer was one Dmitry Rybolovlev, a Russian fertilizer businessman who is worth about $12.8 billion dollars. Rybolovlev, who was number 59 on Forbes’s list of the richest people [...]
This fantastical anomaly in Da Lat, Vietnam is indeed a sight to behold. It is officially known as the Hang Nga Guesthouse and Gallery, but it is more widely known among the locals as the “Crazy House.” One look at its twisting exterior and you can see why. Step inside and you will agree with [...]
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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 [...]
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We posted a pic of this before, but here you have a guest post on the Toilet House! What happens when you combine an architect, activism, and a latrine? Don’t be alarmed. Your eyes aren’t deceiving you; that is a toilet-shaped house and it’s real. Sim Jae-Duck, an architect from Seoul, Korea, is the mastermind [...]
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In May of 2010 the internet was crawling with articles about a fantastic mansion, inn, marina, restaurant, and private beach for sale in Massachusetts. The property (kit and kaboodle) once belonged to the Bancrofts and the Barrons – Dow Jones and Wall Street Journal heirs. Later, a smart and very rich investor named Peter Roy [...]
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If there weren’t already enough reasons to visit Barcelona, Spain, now you have another one. Casa Batllo is situated at 43 Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia in Barcelona, and it is open for tours to the lucky traveler. The structure itself was built in 1877, but remodeled and finished in 1906 [...]
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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 [...]
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In the desert town of Boulder City, Nevada, there is a house that I think we’d all like to visit. The Pirates Cove is a swashbuckling delight that is made up of pirate decor, several pools, a water slide, and more. I think I heard about a similar house on HGTV’s “What’s With That House?” [...]
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In 1979, Michael Kahn and Leda Livant moved to a rural three-acre plot of land in Cornville, Arizona. Allowed to stay on the property rent-free, Kahn and Livant started building what would become Eliphante immediately, living in an 8′ x 10′ wooden shack that Michael had thrown up to keep them safe during the winter. [...]
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The World’s Tallest Log Cabin – The Wooden Skyscraper photo by the constant skeptic He is Nikolai Sutyagin. He is a man who has seen it all. Well, if not “all”, he’s seen quite a lot. He was born and raised in a lowly communal flat in Arkhangelsk, Russia. That’s in the northern part of [...]
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