In the late spring or early summer of 1968, this San Francisco mansion was sold by its then-present owner, a gentleman in his eighties or nineties, to a local rock group called Jefferson Airplane. The group quickly customized the interior, installing a 4-track recording studio in the basement, putting in ping-pong and pool tables, strewing electronic gadgets everywhere, throwing posters on the ...
Hitlers Birthplace. I am unable to locate Vorstadt 219, which was the exact address.
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Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Chancellor) of Germany from 1934 to his death. He was leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP), better known as the Nazi Party.
Under Hitl...
Home of former NJ govenor Thomas Kean, located in Livingston, NJ. I am not sure if the family still lives there or not. Property south and west of the home were sold off years ago.
2066 Crist (11161 Crist until 1983), Los Altos, California, USA. Jobs family garage, where Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak first began manufacturing and selling the Apple I.
(Automatically pinpointing specific addys is hit-or-miss, so did my best identifying it from street-level pictures, and I'm about 90% sure I got it right, but if anyone else knows better feel free to delete th...
951 Chicago Ave, Oak Park, Illinois, USA. Home and Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), one of the 20th century's most prominent and prolific architects.
An air of romantic secrecy emanates from the Pacific Heights mansion of Danielle Steel. The author, who recently published her 50th best selling title, lives a life more dramatic than that of the most harried heroine from her many romance novels including Passion's Promise, Now and Forever, A Perfect Stranger, and No Greater Love. In childhood Steel survived polio and cancer. Among her five hus...
Clayton Hall is a Tudor Moated Manor House once owned by Sir Humphrey Chetham who went on to build a free hospital and library in Manchester town centre
Alfred H. (Freddy) Heineken (Nov 4, 1923 - Jan 3 2002) was a major stock holder and president of Heineken, the beer brewery bought in 1864 by his grandfather Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Freddy Heineken was born in Noordwijk.
According to a co-worker of mine who owns a house in the area, this is one of Donald Trump's houses. It's right outside Atlantic City, NJ and has a view of the sky line.
Publisher William Randolph Hearst was one of the many wealthy American collectors in the 19th and early 20th centuries who built and decorated sumptuous homes. This "castle" in San Simeon, CA contains art treasures which can be found in every room -- antique ceilings, Greek vases dating from 800 B.C., rare oriental carpets, and myriad works of art can be seen throughout William Randol...
Huis ten Bosch is the private palace of the Dutch Queen, Beatrix. Huis ten Bosch is one of the many royal palaces in The Hague, in the 19th century The Hague had 12 royal palaces. This palace is build on request of Princess Amalia, Duchess of Solms (1602-1675), the wife of magistrate Frederik Hendrik.
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