One of my favorite magazines is The Week. It's kind of like Time or Newsweek, but way more informative and entertaining. It aggregates news from all over the world into one 50-page glossy package, complete with a crossword puzzle, celebrity news and a feature called "Best Properties on the Market." Often, these homes are multimillion-dollar palaces, though the editors often include a "steal of the week" in the $300,000 price ...

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The Oktoberfest season is upon us and lucky for one Denver couple, they have to go no further than their basement to get a taste of Bavarian style. That doesn't mean their lowest level is finished in anything resembling the baroque, rococo, medieval or even Romanesque architecture you would find in Bavaria -- Germany's largest federal state. This is America people. No. The original owners of the 1908 Denver square painted ...

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Built in 1736, the Henry Antes house sits on a 34 acre plantation now owned by the Goschenhoppen Historians, Inc.  Once every year the property is packed with visitors to the  Goschenhoppen folk festival.  The festival is a large living history presentation of early Pennsylvania German culture. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1992.  It qualified not only as a well preserved example of early 18th century German ...

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