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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Fairy Castle

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

A famous movie actress from the 1920s left the world a lasting piece of art — a remarkable miniature home that could be considered Chicago’s cutest piece of real estate. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS https://www.atlasobscura.com/videos/see-chicago-s-million-dollar-fairy-castle

Transcript

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0:00.0

Let's go house hunting.

0:04.0

Let's say you're in Chicago, and you're looking around the area south of the magnificent

0:09.2

mile.

0:10.2

Eventually, you will end up in the Hyde Park neighborhood.

0:14.0

It's a pretty swanky spot.

0:16.4

The area has a lot of notable homes.

0:18.7

Some designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, President Obama has a residence there.

0:23.3

But one of the most opulent houses, the house that we want to look at, sits right near

0:28.7

the waterfront.

0:30.5

And construction on this beauty of a house began in 1928.

0:35.3

At the time, it cost half a million dollars to build, which would be many millions in

0:39.4

today's money.

0:41.1

Inside, the floors are made out of ivory and aloe bastard.

0:45.8

The rooms are encrusted with emeralds and diamonds.

0:49.8

Its real estate listing goes historic castle, includes library, chapel, and great hall.

0:56.9

The first thing you see is the garden.

0:59.1

It had a weeping willow tree.

1:01.5

It would weep real tears.

1:03.6

It would weep water.

1:05.8

The one thing they failed to put in the listing was the dimension of the house.

1:12.0

It is just under nine feet wide and nine feet tall.

1:17.2

Because this is a dollhouse.

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