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Framingham, Massachusetts

Sarah Clayes House

A home built and settled by a refugee of the Salem Witch Trials.
James K. Polk Home and Museum
Columbia, Tennessee

James K. Polk Home and Museum

The former home of the 11th president of the United States.
Veiga, Spain

Casa das Pedriñas

This house covered in small stones was the work of one man over the course of nearly 30 years.
William Paca House
Annapolis, Maryland

William Paca House And Garden

This Annapolis home was built by one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Rochester, Michigan

Meadow Brook Hall

This museum was once the home of industry titan Matilda Dodge Wilson.
Alatskivi Castle
Alatskivi, Estonia

Alatskivi Castle

A wealthy aristocratic family built this Disney-worthy, fairy-tale castle.
Prospect House
Washington, D.C.

Prospect House

An 18th-century townhouse that once hosted guests of the president.
The House is almost undistinguishable in this row of typical Glasgow tenements.
Glasgow, Scotland

The Tenement House

This museum offers a glimpse into early 20th-century Glasgow life.
1897 Poe House
Fayetteville, North Carolina

1897 Poe House

A different Edgar Allan Poe built this charming Victorian home.
In the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the government built 5,610 "earthquake shacks" to help resident weather the winter months.
disasters

The Earthshaking History of San Francisco's Quake Shacks

You can still spot these tiny reminders of the 1906 earthquake in the city today.
Laura Kiniry February 23, 2023
Cookes House
York, Pennsylvania

Cookes House

Political activist and writer Thomas Paine once lodged at this location.
Macau

Taipa Houses

These pastel-colored homes were built when the island of Macau was a Portuguese colony.
The Hufstedler Gravehouse
Linden, Tennessee

Pinckney's Tomb

A house built specifically to shelter the dead.
Sam Summer's Hut
Mount Creighton, New Zealand

Sam Summers Hut

This small stone hut was once home to a gold prospector and his family.
Restaurante Coatí
Salvador, Brazil

Casa Coati

This modernist building is the last remnant of an ambitious plan to restore a neighborhood.
Domrémy-la-Pucelle, France

Birthplace of Joan of Arc

The woman who helped save 15th-century France was born in this humble home.
Underground House
Las Vegas, Nevada

Underground House

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.
bridges

Podcast: Chicago Bridge Houses

Where the Windy City's drawbridge operators nestled in, at the bases of their places of work.
The Podcast Team January 10, 2023