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On SecondShelters: Part of LBJ’s Hill Country Retreat Is Up for Grabs

By Bethany Erickson / January 21, 2018 /
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Just a week after becoming president, Lyndon Baines Johnson picked up a ranch in Blanco County — Johnson City, to be exact — as a hideaway where he could relax a bit. That spread adjoined another parcel he had already picked up much earlier from an aunt, which is now for sale. Currently home to…

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On SecondShelters.com: A Private, Wooded Retreat Minutes from Manhattan

By Bethany Erickson / January 6, 2018 /
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If you want the best of both worlds — a private, wooded retreat on a lake and the ability to be minutes from everything Manhattan has to offer — we found the property for you in New Rochelle, New York. Situated on Sheldrake Lake and a 60-acre nature preserve, the home has gorgeous views in almost every…

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On SecondShelters.com: Historical Montana Mansion Offers Mountain Views

By Bethany Erickson / December 22, 2017 /

Nestled in the Bitterroot Valley in Montana, a five-bedroom mansion built for a man who came west with his brother, intending to prospect for gold, sits ready for its next owner, the one that will update it to marry the history behind the home with more recent creature comforts. Come take a look at the…

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On SecondShelters.com: Historical Key West Home Perfectly Situated for Old Town Fun

By Bethany Erickson / December 16, 2017 /

Just saying Key West, Florida, can conjure up relaxation and the easy-going life — so when we found this historical home in Old Town we knew that our readers at SecondShelters.com and CandysDirt.com would fall in love just like we did. This home, which was built in the late 1800s, sits on a corner lot…

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On SecondShelters.com: New York Home Once Housed Family of Early U.S. Settlers

By Bethany Erickson / December 1, 2017 /

A home that has its foundation — literally — with one of the first settlers in what would become the United States is now up for grabs in New York. Known as the Teunis Slingerland house, the original homestead was built after Teunis Slingerland purchased almost 10,000 acres of land near the Hudson River from a…

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