History in books is important, but history in the form of relics makes those recitations of fact come alive. That’s especially true for the uninitiated, for whom things like the California Gold Rush, ...

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Late businessman Robert Day’s Los Angeles megamansion—one of the priciest on the market in Los Angeles—just had $30 million ...

A Beaux Arts mansion in San Francisco sold for $26 million, making it the city's most expensive home sale so far this year.

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