No one knows who owns the Nautilus Estate. The deed has been under an anonymous trust since it was built two centuries ago. Interestingly, the Nautilus name was chosen by the architect John Reinecker – no one knows who commissioned the construction. Although the estate does not offer tours, we know a fair amount about… Continue reading Nautilus Estate – Secluded Opulence
Bellows Mansion
The Bellows Mansion takes its name from its most famous room: a vast, subterranean forge hall lined with bronze bellows the size of grand pianos. The story goes that the estate was built by a self-taught ironmaster who struck it rich on a river and quietly retired upstate… Continue reading Bellows Mansion
Rickard’s White Tower
Rickard’s White Tower rises a full eleven stories from the middle of a cornfield, a single column of whitewashed brick with exactly one room per floor. It was commissioned in 1931 by a railroad magnate named Rickard who, by all accounts, wanted to be able to see the weather coming… Continue reading Rickard’s White Tower
The Bunker
The Bunker is not much to look at from the road: a low concrete bar laid into a hillside, bristling with short radio masts. It was built in 1964 by an electronics tycoon who believed the end was comfortably overdue. Only the roof, three feet of reinforced capstone, is visible above the grass… Continue reading The Bunker