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St. John's Episcopal Church
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Thomasville, Georgia
Lapham-Patterson House
A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.
Lyndhurst, Virginia
Swannanoa Palace
This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.
Milford, Pennsylvania
Grey Towers
One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.
Claiborne County, Mississippi
Windsor Ruins
An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.
Portland, Oregon
Pittock Mansion
This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.
Tallahassee, Florida
Verdura Plantation
The ruins of a once massive plantation are now a private residence hidden in the Florida wilderness.
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How a Homeless Woman Rescued a Brazilian Murder Castle
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport Cliff Walk
Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.
Birmingham, England
Aston Hall
This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.
Ponca City, Oklahoma
E.W. Marland Mansion
This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.
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In the Early 1900s, Robber Barons Bought Dozens of Centuries-Old European Buildings. Where is Medieval America Now?
Permanently Closed
Las Vegas, Nevada
Casa de Shenandoah
Wayne Newton's sprawling estate is now open for visitors to catch a glimpse of his "heart and soul."
Ticknall, England
Calke Abbey
This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.
Permanently Closed
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Château Edmond de Rothschild
This crumbling, graffiti-covered mansion sits tantalizingly within reach of the proletariat who frequent a public park.
Sedalia, Missouri
Bothwell Lodge
This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.
George Town, Malaysia
Cheong Fatt Tze's Blue Mansion
Once the private home of China’s most legendary tycoon, getting inside this stunning mansion no longer requires an elite pedigree or acts of daring.
Beverly Hills, California
Greystone Mansion
Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.
Permanently Closed
Newport, Rhode Island
The Bells
A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.
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