Real Estate
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The Hottest Luxury Second-Home Markets
Sales of luxury second homes increased in many U.S. markets last year. If you want see some of the priciest,…
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NASA Picks 3 Companies to Help Astronauts Drive Around the Moon
The agency’s future moon buggies will reach speeds of 9.3 miles per hour and will be capable of self-driving.
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How a Snake Uses Its Sense of Smell
These reptiles and their social networks are understudied, according to researchers applying scents to different snakes to assess their behavior.
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Is Your Garden Missing Something? You May Need a Large Pot (or Several).
An imposing work of pottery can be as important to the design of a landscape as any well-placed plant. And…
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$3.2 Million Homes in New York, Georgia and Utah
A 19th-century farmhouse with a guesthouse in Leeds, an 1850 townhouse in Savannah and a 1927 home in Salt Lake…
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A Second Home That’s Far Away From It All
Two saltbox houses on the island of Newfoundland, in Canada, were hard to resist. What would be harder still: Renovating…
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A Lifetime Under the Moon’s Shadow
A total solar eclipse, when the cosmos clicks into place with the worlds aligned like cue balls, may be one…
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How the Renovation of a House Rocked a Famous Church
Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem and one of its most well-known members have been ensnared in a seven-year saga, after…
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The Benefits of Living in the Same Place for a Long Time
Thirty years ago, a woman got a $250-a-month, rent-stabilized apartment in Inwood. She says the neighborhood has defined not only…
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$2.4 Million Homes in California
A 1911 bungalow with a guesthouse in Los Angeles, a French Normandy-style home in Alameda and a four-bedroom retreat in…