Soccer was one of the things that introduced me to joy and pain and everything in between. My only regret is that I never asked my father why he never thought Kenya would make it to the World Cup.

Circus magnate John Ringling built a 36,000-square-foot Venetian palazzo in Sarasota in 1926. Ca' d'Zan cost $27 million in today's money to build. The home features 400 pieces from Vanderbilt estates ...