On a ridge above downtown Juneau, where mountains rise behind and the Gastineau Channel gleams below, stands a house that has quietly watched more than a century of Alaskan history unfold. Perched at 213 Seventh Street, the House of Wickersham was built in 1898–99, the first grand home on the hillside once known as Chicken Ridge . Back then, Juneau was still a gold rush town, and mining executive Frank Hammond wanted a residence that showed both stability and success. The res

In the rolling hills outside Rougemont, North Carolina, a castle rises from the trees like something out of a fairytale. Its red turrets and gothic arches catch the light in strange, romantic ways, and from a distance it seems as if it might be centuries old, brought over stone by stone from some European hillside. In truth, this is Castle Mont Rouge , and its story belongs entirely to North Carolina. The castle was the vision of sculptor Robert Mihaly, who set out to create

Tucked beneath a canopy of old oaks on a quiet street in Oak Park, Illinois, stands a house that helped shape one of America’s greatest literary voices. The Ernest Hemingway Birthplace wasn’t built to be a monument. It began, simply, as a home—a graceful Queen Anne built in 1890, filled with the sounds of piano music, dinner conversation, and the rhythm of daily life. It was here, in a second-floor bedroom at 339 N. Oak Park Avenue, that Ernest Miller Hemingway was born in 18