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Rowan Oak: Front Entrance
Oxford, Mississippi

Rowan Oak

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.
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Found: James Monroe's Actual House

It wasn't the modest house standing on his estate, as previously thought.
Sarah Laskow April 28, 2016
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Found: A Magnificent Roman Villa, Hiding Under a British Backyard

The house would have been three stories tall and occupied by very rich Romans.
Sarah Laskow April 18, 2016
Never has a little, nameless house gotten so (Internet) popular
Bajina Bašta, Serbia

Drina River House

For over 40 years, this quaint little house has teetered on a rock in the middle of a river.
The Campbell House is better known by its nom de plume
Green Gables, Prince Edward Island

Anne of Green Gables Museum

Go inside the house that inspired L. M. Montgomery to create one of literature's most beloved heroines.
notes from the field

Found: A Creepy Note From a House's Former Inhabitant

"I WILL ALWAYS BE WATCHING YOU," the 15-year-old note read.
Sarah Laskow March 16, 2016
Szymbark, Poland

Upside-Down House

Communism's topsy-turvy effect on Poland has been brought to life in this wacky tourist trap.
Dove Cottage
Grasmere, England

Dove Cottage

This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.
Lapham-Patterson House
Thomasville, Georgia

Lapham-Patterson House

A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.
Casey Jones House
Jackson, Tennessee

Casey Jones Village

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.
Emily Carr House
Victoria, British Columbia

Emily Carr House

This Italianate house was the childhood home of the prominent Canadian painter, Emily Carr.
Pittock Mansion
Portland, Oregon

Pittock Mansion

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.
Edmundas Vaiciulis' Pan House
Žagarė, Lithuania

Pan House

What almost started out as a spite house became an eccentric's found object masterpiece.
Smith Mansion
Cody, Wyoming

Smith Mansion

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.
Patsy's home in Winchester, Virginia
Winchester, Virginia

Patsy Cline's Childhood Home and Grave

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.
Exterior of the Rietveld-Schröder House
Utrecht, Netherlands

Rietveld-Schröder House

This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.
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Photos of Suburban Halloween Decorations from the 1980s

Anika Burgess October 30, 2015
film locations

Mapping Hollywood's Most Infamous Horror Houses

Mark Hayward October 29, 2015