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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 [...]
Posted by Elizabeth on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 12:38 am
Filed under All Houses, Strange Mansions · Tagged 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
What are the things that you can’t do in a city? You can’t raise livestock (at least, not very easily), you can’t live on an acre or more of land (unless you’re way loaded), and you can’t really grow food. At least not a lot of it – enough to feed an entire population. What [...]
Posted by Strange Houses on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 7:08 am
Filed under All Houses, Green Houses, Islands, Off the ground · Tagged air purifiers, architect, architecture, architectures, belgian architect, callebaut, compost, dragonfly, Environment, environmental responsibility, fertilizer, fresh food, fruit vegetables, herds, hormones, houses, liquid waste, New York, Population, process improvement, product quality, related articles, research efforts, research laboratories, sustainable building, wind and sun, wind power
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 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 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