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This Tuscan-Inspired Sonoma Valley Estate With Its Own Vineyard Asks $4.1M
This Tuscan-Inspired Sonoma Valley Estate With Its Own Vineyard Asks $4.1M
In case your own wine isn’t enough, there’s also a myriad of amenities including a guesthouse, pool, spa, and bocce court.
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This Coastal Oregon Town Hosts an Epic Annual Sandcastle Contest. This Year? Rain—Lots of It
Teams at Cannon Beach’s 61st event wore slickers and wetsuits to turn drenched sand into sasquatches, tyrannical pugs, and even a few castles.
For $4M, You Can Buy an Entire Island in Finland
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Builder Nick Maimone drew on his artistic background and the ’60s counterculture movement as he reenvisioned a home set where the Russian River meets the Pacific in Northern...

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