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This Just In: Nicolas Cage Lists Two New Orleans Properties
Prolific real estate investor Nicolas Cage is on the loose on a wild selling spree. Cage has already put his Las Vegas, Bel-Air, and Rhode Island properties on the market, and today we have news that he's listed his two properties in New Orleans. According to WDSU and Real Estalker, Cage has listed his historical property (shown right) in New Orleans's French Quarter, the most haunted home in the neighborhood, in addition to a Garden District mansion.
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Home Away From Home: Maison Souvannaphoum Hotel
If travel ever takes you to the country of Laos, you'd be well advised to pamper yourself with a night of luxury at the Maison Souvannaphoum Hotel in Luang Prabang. The town of Luang Prabang is a perfect destination for armchair architects, since this UNESCO World Heritage Site beautifully illustrates the fusion of traditional architecture and Lao urban structures.
The Maison Souvannaphoum Hotel was once home to Laotian royalty, and its current decor alternates between bygone colonial era furnishings in some wings of the hotel and more modern furnishings in others.
Home Away From Home: NOLA's Hotel Monteleone
The Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans' French Quarter is a legendary institution. Family owned and operated for over a hundred years, the hotel was recently renovated to restore it to its original grandeur. (Bonus: It's pet friendly too.) Take a look at the slideshow to find out more about this amazing hotel — including a ghost story!
Midday Muse: New Orleans Architecture
I snapped this picture last year when I was trolling through the French Quarter with a plastic to-go cup of Sapphire and tonic. It's actually part of a long row of Creole Townhouses, but I was too smitten with that brick peaking out from the plaster to take in the bigger picture. And if you look a little closer, you'll see what else fascinated me — the tiny plants growing in the cracks and crannies of that sheer wall.
Architecture Styles: The Creole Townhouse
In addition to its thriving music scene, finger-licking grub, and propensity towards too much fun, New Orleans architecture is what makes it one of America's most unique cities. In other hoods, brand new, $20 million manses are coveted by celebrities and money makers alike. In New Orleans, where you'll find at least six distinct styles of architecture, old homes are the truest treasures.
Nicolas Cage Owns a Haunted House
Now that we've "fallen back" into the dark, I thought I'd share some grim celebrity trivia with you. While flipping through a photo gallery of haunted "murder" houses at This Old House, I learned that Nicolas Cage is the proud owner of the most haunted house in New Orleans' French Quarter, which he bought for nearly $3.5 million. The house was built in 1832 for Dr.
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