Mansions

From the Country Life Archive: Arthur T. Bolton reports on Culzean Castle, Ayr. Originally published in Country Life, September 4, 1915. RETURN TO THE SCOTTISH CASTLES HOMEPAGE Journeying from Ayr, a ruined castle on the seashore is seen as you approach Glenside Station, and that is the original defensive home of the Kennedys. Domestic life … Continue reading »

One of Sacramento’s grand old residences is for sale for the third time in its 100-year history, but would-be buyers had better come with a lot of money and the right frame of mind. The wealthy Merkley family, California settlers who made a fortune growing hops and fruit, built the 6,600-square-foot home on the corner … Continue reading »

Uh oh, Biebsy! Looks like you’re officially yesterday’s news! Selena Gomez has apparently been confirming her newly single status, and while she’s trying to focus on work, you can’t keep a girl from flirting when a cute guy comes into the picture! And that’s just what’s happening with Selenita who apparently has a serious thing … Continue reading »

Talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, actress Portia de Rossi, have bought a 13-acre estate in Montecito that had been listed at $26.5 million. The purchase price has not yet appeared in the public record. The restored Tuscan-style villa and gardens had undergone years and millions of dollars in reconstruction work under the care … Continue reading »

Saturday, June 1, 2013, by jwilliams Open House: Sunday, June 2nd, between 2 PM – 5 PM 1809 Virginia Road, Lafayette Square Price: $1,695,000 Beds, Bath: 7, 5 Floor Area: 4,959 sq. ft. Per the Listing: “One of the Grand Estates of historic, gated Lafayette Square. Large windows open onto a wide front porch that … Continue reading »

CHARLEVOIX, MI – John Winn jokingly tells people he and his wife are selling their lakefront home on Round Lake “because we need a bigger boathouse and a smaller house.” The “bigger boathouse” part is hard to believe when you consider what the co-founder of the Four Winns boat manufacturing company is putting on the … Continue reading »

Looking for a new place to live, complete with a basketball court, wine cellar and waterfall that is also Justin Bieber adjacent? Lucky you, Mitch Richmond is selling his house! Richmond’s mansion, nestled in suburban Los Angeles, is everything you would ever need in a $9.4 million piece of real estate surrounded by other famous … Continue reading »

Michigan Avenue, south of 26th Street, was once called “Millionaires’ Row.” That’s when a million dollars was hard to get. Now any utility infielder or personal injury lawyer has that much cash in walking-around money. At the turn of the last century, the avenue was thick with mansions. Time passed, the neighborhood declined, the mansions … Continue reading »

navaly.livejournal.com The mansion believed to be owned by Russian Railways chief Vladimir Yakunin. Bloggers have published pictures of a luxury mansion, believed to be owned by Vladimir Yakunin, the head of Russian Railways and powerful member of President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. The three-story marble-clad mansion, occupying 70 hectares of land near the Mos… (View … Continue reading »

Daughter of Naoise O’Muiri claims she saw a ghost The Lord Mayor of Dublin has claimed the Mansion House is haunted. Fine Gael Councillor Naoise O’Muiri has told the Irish Sun that his daughter was once spooked by a ghost in the iconic building which dates back to 1705. He says the 4-year-old experienced the … Continue reading »