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Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé, France
Maison Troglodyte
A cozy, cave-like home hidden in the French countryside.
Bradenton, Florida
Valentine House at Robinson Preserve
This late 1800s historic home was moved by land and sea to serve its current role as a welcome center.
Ballintoy, Northern Ireland
Bendhu
Being surrounded by typical buildings just makes this uniquely modernist house stand out even more.
Dumfries, Scotland
Moat Brae
After playing in this house and its gardens as a child, J.M. Barrie credited it for helping inspire the story of Peter Pan.
Manila, Philippines
Bahay Nakpil-Bautista
A century-old ancestral home was home to some of the key figures of the Philippine Revolution.
Wellington, New Zealand
Katherine Mansfield House
The "horrid little piggy house" of one of New Zealand's most celebrated writers.
haunted
7 Stories of Ghosts in Weird Places
From a Norwegian grocery store to a town hall in Spain, hauntings can happen where we least expect them.
Gothenburg, Sweden
The Ghost Plaque of the Keyhole House
This mysterious sign claims an American astronomer haunts the building—but is it true?
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Purcell-Cutts House
A notable example of Prairie School architecture that disregarded Victorian concepts about room divisions and featured a long, narrow floor plan.
Henderson, Nevada
Heritage Street
Clark County Museum has created an entire street of historically important buildings relocated from various other locations within the county.
Henderson, Nevada
Dinosaur House
A retired schoolteacher in suburban Nevada transformed his front yard into a paleontological menagerie.
Palm Springs, California
Frey House II
With beautiful views and every detail perfectly considered, one of the geniuses of modern architecture built himself the perfect home.
Cullenstown, Ireland
Shell Cottage
A 300-year-old cottage decorated with tens of thousands of seashells arranged in intricate patterns.
Peshawar, Pakistan
Sethi House
A rare instance of a historical Peshawari mansion restored and opened to the public.
Sanborn, Minnesota
Sod House on the Prairie
See how Laura Ingalls lived on the Minnesota prairie.
Glasgow, Scotland
Mackintosh House
The home of two of Scotland's most important artists has been reassembled in the Hunterian Art Gallery.
Haworth, England
Brontë Parsonage Museum
Some of the most enduring novels in English literature were written within the walls of this Georgian-era building.
Tilburg, Netherlands
Kunstwerk 't Draaiend Huys
What looks like an ordinary house from the outside is actually a rotating sculpture.
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