Rich history: a piece of original Whittier mansion comes with this Beverly...
At age 24, Max Whittier came to California from Maine to work as a field hand. He could hardly have known then that some day he would be rich enough to build a 38-room mansion in Beverly Hills — and...
View ArticleFormer Nazi training facility to be reborn as luxury condo complex
Would you make your vacation home on the site of what was once a Nazi training facility in Germany? Prora was the largest construction endeavor of the Third Reich. Though never finished, it originally...
View Article$85M Hamptons estate, once owned by Andy Warhol, still seeking buyer
History, art, and wealth: If you’re interested in the former two and have a lot of the latter one, this Hamptons home might suit. “Eothen” (meaning “from the east”) is an oceanfront estate on the...
View ArticleRed Rock Island now yours for only $5M
How much to own your own private island spanning three Bay Area Counties? $22M? Half that? A quarter? Don’t worry if you can’t guess: neither can Red Rock Island’s seller and real estate team. In 2012,...
View ArticleOwn this castle in Ben Lomond for $1.6M
In a week of surreal estates, how can we ignore this actual castle for sale? The home at 9969 Hwy 9 in Ben Lomond is just that: a 3,600-square-foot, 4-bed, 5-bath castle situated on a riverfront double...
View ArticleDaphne House: Mid-century modern stunner hits Hillsborough market at $5M
Fans of the mid-century modern home may already have seen Daphne House when it last sold in 2010 (for basically half what it asks now, per public record posted on Redfin). The 6-bed, 4-bath,...
View ArticleSanta Barbara’s Deer Lodge up for grabs for $14 million
Want to be an innkeeper? Then Deer Lodge, a 180-acre estate sprawling over San Marcos Pass near Santa Barbara, could be for you. But note, Deer Lodge is strictly for big-game hunters, so to speak — the...
View ArticleSpooky real estate from around the nation
The season of spooky has arrived, and that’s certainly proven in the nation’s real estate listings. Above is one example, and below, more to come. These houses aren’t haunted, but peruse the galleries...
View ArticleReal escape: Michelangelo’s Tuscan Villa for sale
The idea of living in a Tuscan villa would on its own be fantastic enough. But if that villa was once the home of Michelangelo? This is no fantasy: Michelangelo bought this villa in Tuscany in 1549, at...
View ArticleAlmost $7 million for former firehouse in SF’s Noe Valley
Sound the alarm! A former fire station in San Francisco’s Noe Valley is now on the market for just under $7 million. The over-6,000-square-foot building was constructed in 1909 and served as the home...
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