The John Richards Octagon House in Wiscosin is said to be the largest pre-Civil War single family residence in the state, if not the entire Middle West of the country. It has, after all, fifty-seven (57) rooms! Well, that’s if you include the halls and closets. I’m not sure how many standard “rooms” it has. […]
The Ballyhooly Old Train House B&B rests in beautiful County Cork, Ireland. It’s a 19th centure railway building that has recently been converted into a B&B for curious tourists. Once upon a time, it was part of the Great Southern & Western Railway line, and it’s a great stop for railway fans.
It’s also great for […]
The Winchester Mystery House is a 160-room, once-7 story mansion built by a grieving widow. For thirty-eight continuous years Sarah Winchester commanded construction of this house, led by a spiritual medium to believe that if she stopped construction she would be afflicted by the family curse that had struck her husband and child.
In 1884, Sarah […]
Under new legislation in the eastern European country of Romania, the government has been returning property seized by the former communist regime to its rightful owners. Last month, Dominic van Hapsburg - a New York architect - had the ownership of the fabled Dracula’s Castle given back to his family.
Officially named Bran Castle, the […]
The mighty yurt is one of the more enduring forms of architecture that we as humans have created. The portable dwelling structure has been used for centuries by the Mongolians, Kazachs and Russians on the steepes of central Asia and in recent years, the yurt has made great inroads into western culture. One […]
The Hakka people of China were originally immigrants from the northern regions who moved and settled into the southern provinces. Because they were latecomers to the area, the Hakka had to set up homes in mountainous regions and were often subject to attack. This led them to develop a unique form of architecture […]
Techbee, one of my fine readers here, tipped me off to an interesting type of building that’s common in the Lot and Querey regions of southwest France, between Bordeaux and Toulouse. Pigeon Houses are generally from the 19th century and farmers built them as a means to harvest valuable pigeon guano for use on […]
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