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Trusty choice … the 19th-century Fort Clonque.
Harriet Upjohn and friends help pay for the preservation of Britain’s historic buildings by staying in one.
HOW about this for a weekend away: “Castle, built 1300s, sleeps eight.” Or this: “19th-century fort, sleeps 13.” Or even this: “Six-storey Tudor tower, sleeps four.” Not your average city escapes but, thanks to the Landmark Trust, a British building-preservation charity, you can be a king of the castle…(Read more)
I’ve always been intrigued by the bynames of monarchs throughout time. There’s the Merry Monarch, Bloody Mary, Charles the Fat (or Le Gros in French), Charles the Bald, the Virgin Queen, and countless, countless others. One of my favorites has always been Mad King Ludwig, or Louis II of Bavaria, who died 125 years ago today, drowning himself in Starnberger See. From the opening of his article in Britannica, you get a sense that he must have done some “great” things: &…(Read more)
Scotty’s Castle, Death Valley
What’s Beneath Scotty’s Castle
HOT
SPOT: Death Valley National
Park doesn’t roll up the carpet, or, um, the vast stretches of glorious sand…(Read more)
Cape Coast Castle
Fast Facts
Location:Gold coast, Ghana
Best Time to Visit: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Admission fee:: US$7/4 (still/ video camera fee US$0.50/ 1.10)
How to reach: The VanefSTC bus station, located in the Goil petrol station at Pedu junction, is only 5 kilometers northwest of the town center. Buses run twice daily to and from Accra and Takoradi and once a day to and from Kumasi.
The Kotokuraba motor park, near the market, has tro-tros servin…(Read more)
Chenonceau
The first initials of Henri II and his queen, Catherine de Medici, when interlaced, can form the letter D, as in Diane de Poitiers. And
indeed there were three in that royal marriage. Henri had been in thrall to the beautiful Diane since he was a boy, and she—20 years
older—was a lady-in-waiting in the court of his father, François I. When Henri acceded to the throne in 1547, he gave Chenonceau to
Diane, who remained his confidante f…(Read more)
Imagined: A Casa Loma real-estate
listing
Jane Switzer
Jun 14, 2011 – 8:19 PM ET
| Last Updated: Jun 14, 2011 8:20 PM ET
Aaron Lynett/National Post
The City of Toronto flag flies at Casa Loma in Toronto, Tuesday afternoon, May 17, 2011
In a bid to help the City of Toronto clarify its thoughts on the future of Casa Loma, the P…(Read more)
The pupils from the city’s Tollcross Primary School performed a 16th century royal banquet scene in Gaelic in front of an invited audience in the Great Hall on Monday.Afterwards, they were presented with graduation certificates as fully fledged
Edinburgh Castle Gaelic Junior Guides.The guides can now conduct historical performances for their peers at key times of the year, and have the chance to appear in an educational film featuring their guided tour.
The film marks the 500t…(Read more)
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Only in America!
Boxing promoter Don King has unloaded his palatial, two-home Manalapan estate for a whopping $15.9 million.
The two adjacent homes, which boast over 24,000 square feet and contain 13 bedrooms and 17 and a half baths, had been listed for $19.995 million.
The property also has 300 feet of space directly on the ocean and two docks on the Intracoastal…(Read more)
Formula One heiress Petra Ecclestone, 22, looks set to buy the 5,300 sq
metre (57,000 sq foot) Los Angeles mansion built by the late TV producer Aaron Spelling in one of the biggest property sales in US history.
The Manor, as the mansion is known, has parking for 100 cars, a bowling alley, a beauty salon, several rooms dedicated to gift wrapping and a “Prince Charles suite” where the heir to the throne once stayed. Ecclestone is planning to split her time between LA and Londo…(Read more)
Kate Hudson and Matt Bellamy purchase $5.3m Pacific Palisades mansion to raise their baby in
By
Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 9:56 AM on 16th June 2011
They were said to be very close purchasing a Malibu mansion in March.
But now it appears that pregnant actress Kate Hudson and boyfriend Matt Bellamy have settled on a plush property in the Pacific Palisades.
The couple have reportedly …(Read more)