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An ornate yellow Italian home peaks out behind green foliage
Turin, Italy

Villa Scott (Villa del Bambino Urlante)

This unassuming Art Nouveau home was used as the 'House of the Screaming Child' in a famous Italian horror film.
Tokyo, Japan

Site of the Rokumeikan

Here once stood an opulent state guest house that symbolized the Westernization of Japan.
Deane Winthrop House
Winthrop, Massachusetts

Deane Winthrop House

The oldest continuously inhabited private home in the United States.
San Francisco, California

The Trocadero

This historic roadhouse has many tales to tell of San Francisco's early history.
Astoria, Oregon

Flavel House Museum

You might recognize this historic Oregon mansion from its appearance in 'The Goonies.'
Soudan, Minnesota

Stuntz Bay Boathouses

Over 140 boathouses built by miners from the Soudan Iron Mine in the early 20th century overlook Stuntz Bay on Lake Vermilion.
Malacca, Malaysia

Baba & Nyonya Heritage Museum

This gorgeous Peranakan mansion’s family heritage includes a century-old baby gate, which was also used to keep out irresponsible husbands.
murder

Podcast: Villa de Vecchi

This abandoned Italian mansion, with its fair share of ghostly tales.
The Podcast Team August 28, 2023
Shingled roofs and shutters are typical <em>bod os</em> features throughout Freetown and its surrounding villages.
architecture

The Surprising Southern Roots of Sierra Leone’s Krio Homes

Freetown's Krio homes preserve an enduring legacy of resilience—but the question of how to save them looms.
Laura Kiniry August 24, 2023
A neoclassical two-floor light pink mansion with five windows and a centered entranceway
Athens, Greece

Ziller-Loverdos Mansion

One of the best collections of Byzantine art housed in a magnificent, 19th-century neoclassical home.
Annapolis, Maryland

Murphy’s Row

A set of rowhouses built for laborers at a glass company are the last of their kind in Annapolis.
A stone house with red roof overlooking a green lawn as shown from the side.
Moultonborough, New Hampshire

Castle in the Clouds

The early 20th-century home features cutting-edge technology of the day, such as ammonia refrigeration and needle showers.
abandoned

Podcast: Burj Al Babas

This perplexing abandoned housing development is part ghost town, part fairy tale.
The Podcast Team August 8, 2023
Norman, Oklahoma

The Moore-Lindsay Historical House Museum

A historical house furnished with authentic pieces from the Victorian period.
Berlin, Germany

Hansaviertel

In the summer of 1957, a massive architectural exhibition showed off the future of urban living in this German neighborhood.
libraries

Podcast: Spaces for Spies

Where real-world American espionage comes to life.
The Podcast Team July 25, 2023
Wood River Valley, site of a roughly four-mile move of an entire house—while its residents were in it.
houses

Podcast: A House Move Like No Other

Author Dave Eggers shares the story of a unique family and one of the strangest, slowest moves in history.
The Podcast Team July 18, 2023
Richfield, Ohio

Richfield Heritage Preserve

This unique piece of land is home to a patented artificial lake and the remains of an old Girl Scout camp.