Wednesday WTF

The One About the $3 Million Home Full of Stairs

By Bethany Erickson / January 2, 2019 /

How much would you pay for a 1,300 square foot house full of stairs on a 15 by 86 foot lot? Does uh, nearly $3 million sound about right? Oh, no? What if I told you it was in Toronto in a really nice neighborhood?

Grinchy Colorado Listing Is As Charming As An Eel

By Bethany Erickson / December 19, 2018 /

With a holiday as generally happy as Christmas, it’s sometimes difficult to find a good Wednesday WTF. But then a coworker found this Colorado listing that made our hearts grow three sizes. See, on the outside, it’s pretty normal (like most Wednesday WTFs start out, if we’re being super honest here). And there are plenty…

Christmas Gifts for Folks With Too Much Damned Money, Part Two

By Bethany Erickson / December 12, 2018 /

For loyal Wednesday WTF readers, you may recall that last year, around Christmas, we at WTF headquarters happened upon a certain section of the Tiffany & Co. website that uh, caused us to hit the pause button. On a whim, we checked back this year, and sure enough, there’s new stuff. I mean, of course,…

The Alaska Town So Small (Almost) Everyone Lives Under the Same Roof

By Bethany Erickson / December 5, 2018 /

Alaska folk, I’ve always imagined, are pretty hardy folk made of some pretty stern stuff, although I admit that my knowledge of Alaska’s residents is mostly gleaned from Sarah Palin, Northern Exposure, and whatever I remember from U.S. History classes. So when I heard about a town in Alaska whose residents mostly all live in…

That 70s, Though: The One Where a Mirror Caused a Panel to WTF

By Bethany Erickson / November 21, 2018 /

So sometimes I worry that I won’t find something to write about for the Wednesday WTF — and then, almost like some really messed up benevolent being out there is invested in this weekly column, someone sends me some house that is a classic example of everything wrong about decorating in the 70s. Like this…