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91The Winchester Mystery House Revealed
Take a virtual visit to the Winchester Mystery House, one of California's most eccentric historic landmarks. Located in San Jose, the Victorian mansion offers daily tours year-round.
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88The occult and Illuminati symbols all around us
Skull and bones in a church in Icod Obelisk Masonic checkerboard in painting in a church in Puerto Fish, lamp and sun symbol in a church in Vilaflor The Sun in a church in Puerto de la Cruz Monoliths in...
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88Palaces of Ancient Greece.
At the Palace of Knossos (public domain) Central Court West Court Magazines (Store Houses) Residential Quarters Banquet Hall Piano Nobile (Public Apartments) Cult Rooms along the West...
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92Spain - Barcelona - Park Guell - Gaudi - Utopian Environment
While attending Olympic events in Barcelona, we also had time to take tours such as the one introducing us to Park Guell created by Antoni Gaudi.
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913 Tallest Buildings in the United States
The 3 Tallest Buildings in the United States Although, there are quite a few proposed and under construction buildings that are even higher than these skyscrapers, we can only say that they are "close...
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84Siting A House: Where Will The Front Door Go?
According to the website Don't Buy A Houseplan Until You Read This!, the four "S's" of choosing a building site, otherwise known as siTing (not siDing) a house, are slope, sun, soil, and sewer. This is the...
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86Down Scaling Our Ideal Dream Homes
Growing up surrounded by more elderly relatives than the norm, one thing I picked up on was that in many ways, there is "nothing new" that someone hasn't really tried before, just new spins on old ideas....
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86Azay le Ferron: The Chateau
The castle of AZAY-le-FERRON looks like a typical example of the beautiful Loire castles. Located in the Indre department in France, in the village of Azay le Ferron, the Chateau is an exquisite building...
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87the architecture of nostalgia
a lighthouse in Basco, Batanes, the smallest and northernmost island of the Philippines. first a vision of an idealized longing sensed in blueprints where lines intersperse with dreams in domes and vaults,in...
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87Some notable changes to the California Building Code (effective January 1 2008)
One and Two Family Dwellings 1) Rise and run of stairs - Maximum allowable rise is 7¾ inches, minimum allowable run is 10 inches - existing stairs can be replaced in kind in some circumstances. (The...
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