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Winchester House San Jose

The story of the truly bizarre Winchester Mystery House: From the haunted, mixed-up mind of Mrs William W Winchester

More than 110 of the original vintage house plans used for millions of 1950s suburban American homes

See 110 vintage ’50s house plans used to build millions of mid-century homes that we still live in today

Scenes Salt Lake City in 1900

Scenes of Old Salt Lake City in 1900: Pictures of Utah at the turn of the century

The Royal Poinciana, Palm Beach, Florida 1898

What became of Florida’s historic hotels & old resorts? Trip back to these amazing Victorian vacation destinations

The Samuel Colt House, Hartford, CT

Take a look around Armsmear, Samuel Colt’s famously over-the-top Victorian mansion built in Hartford, Connecticut

A mid-century modern home design

A mid-century modern home design & decor for a hip young family (1965)

Classic homes from 1919

Charming & classic All-American suburban houses from 1919

Tourist photos of the World Trade Center (before 9/11)

Going up in style: 20 gorgeous ornate antique elevators

Retro bathroom decor 4 colorful, comfortable and convenient '70s bathroom remodels

Retro bathroom decor: 4 colorful, comfortable and convenient ’70s bathroom remodels

Vintage kitchen designs 1954

9 colorful mid-century kitchen remodels & retro floorplans from 1954

A vacation home on the water The Homarina beach cabin (1960)

A vacation home on the water: The Homarina beach cabin (1960)

The retro-modern space-age Monsanto Home of the Future at Disneyland (1)

The retro-modern space-age house: Monsanto’s Home of the Future at Disneyland (’50s & ’60s)

A vacation home with Japanese style - Summer teahouse

A vacation home with Japanese style: Summer teahouse (1960)

Your second home The Ranger A-Frame cabin from 1960

Build your second home: The Ranger A-Frame cabin (1960)

Waldorf Astoria, New-York c1909

The end of an era: New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel torn down (1929)

Take a trip to Manhattan's magnificent old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

Take a trip back to New York’s original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

30 mid-century house plans from 1958

In the neighborhood? Check out 30 mid-century house designs & home plans from 1958

Sutro Baths bathing pools - San Francisco

San Francisco’s Victorian marvel: The huge swimming pools at Sutro Baths

See the rooms at the elegant old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (1903)

The suite life: See the rooms at the elegant Waldorf-Astoria (1903)

Space age: Amazing retro futuristic homes of the ’60s

7 budget small house designs (1956)

Interior of the Plunge, Ocean Park, California c1905

Dive into these 10 amazing old indoor swimming pools

3 fun backyard additions: Mini-barn, outdoor kitchen & play castle (1965)

Typical 1950s suburban home - downstairs family room

What did a typical 1950s suburban house look like? Feast your eyes on this fab prefab home built in 1958

How tall will the skyscrapers of the future be? (1931)

How safe are skyscrapers like the Empire State Building? (1931)

An unforgettable lemon-and-lime colored kitchen (1977)

Design & decor for a small but practical dream house (1960)

See the light! Antique stained glass church window designs (1924)

TWA’s space age Flight Center opens at New York’s JFK Airport (1962)

Stanford University: Monument to the memory of a senator’s son (1888)

62 beautiful vintage home designs & floor plans from the 1920s

Testing the aloha spirit: Hawaii’s tourist boom brings growing pains (1960)

Modernism reigns: The SF Bay Area’s new Orinda Theatre opens (1941)

The construction of the Empire State Building (1929-1930)

Fun furniture: Lofty bunk (1976)

biltmore-mansion-asheville-nc-c1990

A castle in the clouds: The Vanderbilt Mansion, Biltmore (1895)

7 popular new home styles of the 1920s

Kitchen decor: Cooking on a sunny island (1965)

San Francisco Spreckles mansion

The new mansion home of Claus Spreckels (1897)

Everyone’s dream: An affordable vacation cabin (1958)

Five wonderful children's room decor ideas 1962

5 clever children’s bedroom decor ideas (1962)

Where the telephone was born (1875)

3 country & rural home designs from 1863

Boston landmarks & crooked streets disappearing (1903)

Kitchen remodel: Addition gives needed space (1966)

Mansard roof homes in St Paul, Minnesota (1904)

The revolutionary new Hamburger department store (1908)

Classic home design: Suburban villa (1862)

Classic home design: Small bracketed villa (1862)

Classic home design: Picturesque villa (1862)

Classic home design: Gothic cottage (1862)

The World Trade Center opens (1973)

An almost-custom 2-story home plan (1964)

Dwindling reminders of New York’s Colonial days (1914)

Fun furniture: Drop-down desk (1976)

San Francisco’s Cliff House (1896-1907)

Opening of the Sutro Railway & Cliff House (1896)

The space house: Small-home design (1956)

10 Historic US post offices (early 1900s)

Dave Brubeck and his tree house (1958)

Post-war housing: Start living in a thrift home (1950)

6-room bungalow home plan (1911)

6-room cottage-style home plan (1911)

Small bedroom idea: Shag carpet & platforms (1976)

Stairway to book heaven: An architect’s home (1981)

Building modern El Paso (1914)

Glimpses of the Las Vegas sign boneyard

Antique Gothic cottage home design (1862)

Now open: Cuba’s Habana Hilton (1958)

New York, a city of towers (1909)

The hot new building material: Concrete (1906)

A video tour around San Francisco (1955)

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