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Amersfoort, Netherlands
Muurhuizen (Wall Houses)
An entire street built on the foundation of the first wall of Amersfoort. It has 61 national heritage sites in the street itself.
Coventry, Rhode Island
Paine House Museum
A former Colonial home and Inn, restored and furnished in the period-style.
Nice, France
The Adam and Eve House
The last remaining example of a painted house from the medieval period in Nice.
Pickering, Ontario
Pickering Museum Village
A living history museum preserving buildings and artefacts from Durham's past, including 15 heritage buildings to explore.
Cardiff, Wales
Insole Court
Beautiful Victorian mansion on Cardiff's outskirts was once the family home of a South Wales coal mining dynasty.
Houston, Texas
The Old Place at Sam Houston Park
As the oldest structure in Harris County, this 200-year-old frontier cabin stands in the literal shadow of downtown Houston’s massive skyscrapers.
Hong Kong
Lui Seng Chun
This grand old Chinese medical facility has been restored and reopened to serve its original purpose.
Monterey, California
Cannery Workers’ Shacks
The last remaining houses of a bygone world immortalized by John Steinbeck in his novel “Cannery Row.”
Davie, Florida
Flamingo Gardens and the Wray House
A time capsule of life in Southern Florida in the 1930s.
Baltimore, Maryland
The Clock House
An antiquarian horologist’s mysterious home in Old Goucher.
Savannah, Georgia
Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home
The childhood home of the award-winning novelist and short story writer.
Ocklawaha, Florida
Ma Barker House
Site of the longest gun battle in FBI history.
Oslo, Norway
Damstredet & Telthusbakken
Charming small streets lined with well preserved wooden houses dating to the 18th and 19th century.
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
Bauvais-Amoureux House
Step inside one of America’s rare poteaux-en-terre French houses.
Alexandria, Virginia
Lee Fendall House Museum and Garden
Historic Lee family homestead built in 1785, later serving as a private home and a Civil War hospital.
Terre Haute, Indiana
Eugene V. Debs Museum
The former home of the five-time Socialist Party nominee is now a museum dedicated to his career.
Laclede, Missouri
General John J. Pershing Boyhood Home
The beginnings of one of America's most famous military officers.
Altoona, Pennsylvania
Baker Mansion
Once home to a wealthy ironmaster, this 19th-century mansion now holds unique relics from Blair County's past, and perhaps the spirits of its former occupants.
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