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

Houses with Stories features an 1800's Northern Colorado Homestead with the original house and stove!