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Houses

The first page of the letter.

Found: A Letter to the Future From 1995

The walls of a suburban house contained a secret missive.

Sarah Laskow July 18, 2017

Very different from its neighbor back in the '30s

New York, New York

William Lescaze Townhouse

New York City's first Modernist house.

This Spanish Artist Built Himself a Secret Studio Under a Freeway

It allows him to work in solitude as cars zoom overhead.

Michael Waters July 17, 2017

Hopefully this won't disappear or be destroyed.

Millburn, New Jersey

South Mountain Fairy Trail

These mystical miniature houses bring a touch of magic to the New Jersey woods.

The 15th Century Merchants house that started it all.

Stoke Heath, England

The Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings

A slightly surreal menagerie of structures that were lovingly spared from demolition and reconstructed in a field.

A tiny house on wheels in Maine

A Tiny House in Missouri Was Inexplicably Stolen and Driven to Kansas

It was found over 90 miles away from its original location.

Michael Waters July 12, 2017

Plaque on George Boole house

Boole House

An important landmark in the history of algebraic logic.

Casa Popeno's main garden

Antigua, Guatemala

Casa Popenoe

This restored colonial house was once home to the botanist responsible for bringing avocados to the U.S.

Mexico City, Mexico

Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo House-Studio Museum

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

Hillman House

Washington, D.C.

George Washington's Townhouse Lots

After his presidency, George Washington planned to live only a few blocks from the Capitol building.

The home is Bedrock adjacent.

California's Flintstones House Sold for $2.8 Million

Yabba-dabba-DOUGH!

Eric Grundhauser June 29, 2017

Honka

Vyshhorods'kyi district, Ukraine

Mezhyhirya Residence

Marvel at the excessive luxury of the ousted Ukrainian president's former estate.

Commerce, Oklahoma

Home of Mickey Mantle

The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.

New Taipei City, Taiwan

Wanli UFO Village

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

The Kettle House in Galveston, Texas

Galveston, Texas

The Kettle House

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

The M'Clintock House

Waterloo, New York

The M'Clintock House

A historic home with ties to the abolition and suffrage movements.

A glimpse of Plecnik's studio.

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Plečnik House

The Slovenian architect designed many landmarks in the capital city, including his own dream house.

Overland Park, Kansas

1950s All-Electric House

Step back in time at this 1950s display home, built to showcase once cutting-edge electric amenities.