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Take a look inside Las Vegas’ real-life castle — PHOTOS

This 6,500-square-foot compound sits on 1.1 acres and has bragging rights to its own well, an expansive living room that King Arthur and Mrs. Arthur could easily fit a pretty good sized round table in, solarium, wood-paneled library, dry sauna, two fireplaces and an oversized white claw-footed bathtub to soak away the day’s aches and pains.

VINTAGE VEGAS

While driving through older residential neighborhoods in downtown Las Vegas east of Fremont Street, further south along Rancho Drive between Charleston Boulevard and Sahara Avenue and at the corners of East Desert Inn and Eastern Avenue, you’ll come across homes that don’t seem to fit the typical stucco, Spanish-tiled roof tract housing seen throughout Southern Nevada. Built in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s, these homes are excellent examples of midcentury modern architecture.

Jackson’s last Vegas home, Thriller Villa, offers surprises

After Michael Jackson died at the age of 50 in 2009, dedicated fans flocked to a quiet residential neighborhood on Palomino Lane to drop off small tokens of remembrance at the gates of his Las Vegas residence.

 
Treasure Island booty adorns ‘Pirate’s Cove’

It started as a vacation home, but with renovations and expansion, Craig Tillotson turned a Boulder City home into a marvel overlooking Lake Mead. “Pirate’s Cove” is a creation like no other.

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Event offers glimpse of Trump high life

Hundreds of people got a taste of the resort lifestyle at Trump International on Thursday as they enjoyed wine, hors d’oeuvres and music on its fourth-floor pool deck as the sun set.

Integrated systems allow for control of home gadgetry by smartphone

Some features in luxury homes are invisible and operate quietly in the background to subtly shape the living space. Welcome to the brave new world of smart electronic ecosystems that can anticipate and envelop you, wherever you choose to go.

Luxury homes don’t have to be energy hogs

Spacious luxury homes don’t have to waste energy. Efficiency and resource conservation can be realized in both contemporary structures and retrofit mansions.

Ascaya custom home community opens in Henderson

Ascaya, a custom-home community in Henderson, officially opened its lots for sale last week. Some of the 313 half-acre home sites were presold and those contracts are still being finalized, said realtor Ivan Sher of the Shapiro & Sher Group with Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices Nevada Properties.

Real Estate reality TV sheds light on Las Vegas

Las Vegas’ real estate is among the most interesting in the country and reality TV knows it. Real estate professionals are making second careers by appearing on camera to highlight some of the best deals.

Calmer waters

Lake Las Vegas, the picturesque 3,592-acre golf course development built around a 320-acre man-made lake in Henderson, was considered one of the best prime real estate markets to buy into when custom-home lots went up for sale in 1993.

Wayne Newton’s former ranch expected to sell this week

Last weekend more than 1,800 people showed up to see Wayne Newton’s former Casa de Shenandoah, now known as Sunset Spring Ranch. It’s possibly the last time the public will be able to see the nearly 40-acre ranch on South Pecos and East Sunset roads.

History for only $30 million

A piece of Las Vegas history may be headed for a developer’s chopping block.

Chinese currency flows

Everyone wants a piece of the new Chinese wealth.

Luxury

Trump takes adds ‘sky limo’