In Colonial times, a mixture of lime and water protected the wood pickets and gave the fences their traditional white color. Getty Images Blame the Cold War for doing in the picket fence.

This $995K home was designed and built as a faithful reproduction of the 18th-century John Orrell House in Colonial ...

That thoroughfare is Mura Street, where only five residents have stuck it out in a city block where some homes are threadbare ...

Everyone loves a before and after story – especially in the world of property. Here’s an update on some of the run-down homes ...

white picket fence where an end-of-group home once stood. “Gardening has been part of my family and my traditions since I was a kid,” he said. He’s resourceful. He gets his wood chips and ...

There’s a red barn in Charlottesville that’s not housing horses or hay – it’s serving up the kind of prime rib that makes grown adults weep with joy. Aberdeen Barn Steak House stands as a testament to ...

The menu at Aberdeen Barn reads like a love letter to carnivores. While they offer seafood options (and good ones at that), let’s be honest – you’re here for the beef. Their prime rib is the star of ...

I wrote a special feature about the Sears Roebuck pre-fabricated houses that I illustrated with images of houses I discovered ...

The Bedford Minuteman Company celebrate the bravery and sacrifice of the citizen soldiers that kicked off the Revolutionary ...