The next homeowner who moves into this 1872 Victorian Gothic will not only land an amazing home, but a significant piece of history as well—a history that warrants being a featured site on the ...

Mark Twain’s Nook Farm home here, is definitely not the kind of place you would envision for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Rather, the elegant mansion is in part a reflection of the wealth and ...

The Victorian era conjures up images of women in corsets and hoop skirts lounging on fainting couches. But where? In a Victorian house, of course. But what exactly is a Victorian house? Even some ...

Alice Austen was a turn-of-the-twentieth-century photographer who spent most of her life on this particular piece of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I think old houses, and the people who love them, are fascinating. Calling a house “Victorian” is problematic. No one style lasts ...

A dazzling white fairytale castle on the banks of the River Thames, Strawberry Hill House in Southwest London is Britain’s first and finest example of Gothic Revival architecture. Designed and built ...

A neo-gothic house in Surrey, England, with Victorian features—and a modern twist—is asking for offers between £1.5 million and £1.6 million (US$1.85 million to US$1.97 million). The 19th-century home ...

Melanie Sobotta doesn’t have to copy holiday vignettes from catalogs when it comes time to do her holiday decorating. She and her family — husband, Paul, 48, daughter, Sofie, 15, and son, Michael, 12 ...

It’s not as scary as it sounds: ‘It’s just joyful and really easy to live in.’ 22 Photos View Slide Show › By Tim McKeough Ariane and Andrew Vincent’s former home in Melbourne, Australia, was the kind ...

If you have ever watched the cable TV show "Oddities" about a New York City antiques shop that sells offbeat items from vintage Ouija boards to old fossils and bones, including human ones, then you ...