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spite house

For Sale: Boston’s Skinny Spite House

This slim 19th-century home, just 10 feet wide, is seeking new owners who aren’t afraid to get close.
Jessica Leigh Hester August 23, 2021
Mudurnu, Turkey

Burj Al Babas

The only residents of this abandoned housing development full of identical castles are stray cats and dogs.
farms

For Sale: 28 Acres of Historical Amish Stuff

Amish Acres featured a gigantic barn, buggy rides, and the longest-running Amish musical.
Sabrina Imbler February 3, 2020
paintings

For Sale: A Quaint Building Straight Out of a Norman Rockwell Painting

A Victorian storefront made famous in a 1967 painting is on the market—winter wonderland not included.
Jessica Leigh Hester November 4, 2019
volcanoes

For Sale: Your Very Own (Extinct) Volcano

The regrettably named Posbury Clump could be yours for just $60,000 and change.
Sabrina Imbler August 1, 2019
architecture

For Sale: An Off-the-Grid Castle Sitting on an Actual Gold Mine

Way, way out in the Nevada desert, there's a perfect house for the posh recluse in your life.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 10, 2019
libraries

Found: A Lost Charter Issued by King John More Than 800 Years Ago

Is there nothing that libraries can't do?
Matthew Taub March 27, 2019
deserts

When Cactus Destruction Is Imminent, These Rescuers Come Running

The Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society is closing in on 100,000 salvaged plants.
Leslie Nemo October 25, 2018
hotels

This Old Coast Guard Tower Could Be the Ocean Hideout of Your Dreams

North Carolina's Frying Pan Tower is for sale.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 4, 2018
deserts

The 1960s Real Estate Mirage of Christmas Valley

Developer M. Penn Phillips had a vision for the Oregon high desert. But there was a reason the area had yet to be developed.
Hannah Steinkopf-Frank August 18, 2017
houses

California's Flintstones House Sold for $2.8 Million

Yabba-dabba-DOUGH!
Eric Grundhauser June 29, 2017
technology

In Fast-Changing Seattle, an Effort Not to Forget the Past

A new project gathers the collective memory of places that no longer exist.
Sommer Mathis April 28, 2017
Jönstorp, Sweden

Yangtorp Sanctuary

A Chinese meditation center in the middle of rural Sweden, partly funded by a member of ABBA.
New York, New York

The Wendel House

The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.
art

The Viral Real Estate Ad Featuring World's Most Horrifying Interior Design is an Art Project

A real feast for the senses.
Jess Zimmerman October 13, 2016