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Berggasthaus Aescher Wildkirchli
Wasserauen, Switzerland

Berggasthaus Aescher Wildkirchli

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.
Philbrook Museum of Art.
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Philbrook Museum of Art

The collection is housed in an exquisite mansion that makes you feel like you've been transported to an Italian villa.
Blind Boone House.
Columbia, Missouri

Blind Boone House

The modest, restored home of the legendary ragtime musician John William "Blind" Boone.
Cartagena, Colombia

Door Knockers of Cartagena

The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.
The Fitzgerald house is the second one from the left.
Saint Paul, Minnesota

F. Scott Fitzgerald House

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."
Tulsa Cave House.
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Cave House of Tulsa

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.
Cologny, Switzerland

Villa Diodati

Where Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' and John William Polidori's 'The Vampyre' were born.
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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
The house.
Murfreesboro, Arkansas

Mauney House and Mine

The remains of the first public diamond mine in Arkansas.
The supposedly upside-down windows on the first floor.
Savannah, Georgia

Sears Mishap House Myth

Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.
Kampung Biru Arema.
Blimbing, Indonesia

Kampung Tridi

Bright Indonesian villages painted in a rainbow of competing color schemes.
Revolution House.
Old Whittington, England

Revolution House

A secret meeting in this small cottage changed the course of British history.
Seattle, Washington

Montlake Spite House

This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.
Edward Mooney House.
New York, New York

Edward Mooney House

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.
Broken Glass Villa.
Passau, Germany

Broken Glass Villa

Shimmering sea-colored mosaics and Jesus statues cover this opulent building.
Istanbul, Turkey

Ottoman Bird Palaces

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.
Medicines, tonics, and other cure-alls mingle in the drawers.
museums

Exploring a Hidden Archive of New York City's Historic Trash

A museum's basement holds a trove of fascinating castoffs.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 2, 2018
Permanently Closed
Newbury, Massachusetts

Plum Island Pink House

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.