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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

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)

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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