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Buckingham Palace. Source: Getty
Buckingham Palace is about to get a massive refurbishment!
The U.K. government has just approved plans for a much-needed overhaul and its going to cost a whopping $600 million of tax-payers money.
The works, which are going to start in April, will update leaky old pipes and fire-risk cables. There will also be solar panels installed on the roof of the palace as well as more space for public visits in the palace’s biggest revamp since … (View original article)
If Casa Loma, the Edwardian castle perched above the modern city of Toronto, had been built in United States, no one would have batted an eye. At five acres, it wouldn’t compete with the American odes to excess built by the Hearsts and the Vanderbilts. But for reserved Canadians who distrust grandiosity, there lies a fairy tale chateau near the corner of Davenport and Spadina that is sometimes referred to as “Pellatt’s Folly.”
Think Thomas Edison – Ontario businessman Henry Pellatt… (View original article)
Slovenia may be small but it is home to breathtaking views.
Melania Trump’s homeland is tucked neatly away between Austria, Croatia, Hungary and Italy.
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – The breathtaking beauty of Slovenia reveals lands mostly untouched by man.
Slovenia’s capital, Ljublijana, is home to only 300,000 people.
It is the European Green Capital for 2016, partially for its recent ban of all motor vehicles from its city center, leaving… (View original article)
“Food Company Mansions For Sale”
With the holidays just around the corner and the grocery stores and markets with their colorful displays of baked goods and taking orders for turkey and fixins, it’s time for food and festivities. Aside from being a prerequisite for basic survival, food provides comfort, a hobby for some, jobs for many, plays a large part in almost all social occasions and has brought great wealth to families that have created some of the most popular brands still in daily u… (View original article)
Alexander McQueen’s £8.5 million mansion goes on the market
(Picture: Grant Frazer)The home of the designer Alexander McQueen, who died in 2010, has come on to the market.
Inside this year’s UK Rock Paper Scissors championship
The property in one of London’s most expensive neighborhoods, Mayfair, is valued at £8.5 million.
The house, which has just undergone a 16-month long refurbishment, has had some illustrious previous owners including author PG Woodhouse and gra… (View original article)
OGUNQUIT, ME — The most expensive home listed for sale on realtor.com is a stunning $12.6 million oceanside estate in Ogunquit.
144 Frazier Pasture Road, Ogunquit, was built in 2014 and features a main house and guest cottage. It also includes:
8 beds10 baths10,846 square feet1.29 acresMarble countersMovie roomSalt water poolGeothermal heating More photos of the property:
This listing originally appeared on realtor.com. For more information and photos, click here. <... (View original article)
Take a guided tour of Copped Hall today
IF you are not sure what to do today – Sunday, November 20 – then why not go to one of these events?
Guided Tours and Open Day at Copped Hall, Epping:
Join a guided tour at Copped Hall in Epping today from 10am, and see a large part of the Georgian mansion, its cellars, stables and gardens.
Tours start at 10am, with last entry at 11am, and last around two-and-a-half hours to three hours.
Tea, coffee and homemade cake… (View original article)
Humble, charming little Wales is a land of lusty men’s choirs, salty harbors, slate-roofed villages, stunning mountains and stout castles.
In fact, Wales is slathered with castles. During the late 13th and early 14th centuries, English King Edward I started building these awe-inspiring fortresses — arguably the most breathtaking you’ll find anywhere in Europe — to subdue the rebellious Welsh. These castles were masterpieces of medieval engineering, built with state-of-the-art cas… (View original article)
Stand before the Smithsonian Institution Building, a Hogwarts-like spire sandwiched between the Washington Monument and the US Capitol, and you might just get a sense of how deeply rooted the Smithsonian Institution is in our nation’s heritage. This building, often referred to simply as “the Castle,” now contains the tomb of James Smithson, who in 1846 got the ambitious project off the ground with a generous donation of $500,000.
Back then, the plan was to erect a museum that would … (View original article)
A 12-bottle lot of Chateau Palmer 1961 sold for $53,775 at a Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. auction in Chicago this month while the same quantity of Chateau Haut Brion 1959 fetched $47,800, both beating pre-sale estimates in a sign that demand for historic Bordeaux is helping lead a broader recovery in the market for top vintages from the region.
The sale also included six magnums of Chateau Lafleur 1982 for $59,750, the highest price at the two-day auction that generated $6.51 million wit… (View original article)