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CALIFORNIA — California is dotted with cottages and mansions, homes built beach -side or perched on a cliff. The mountain getaway shown above is in Idyllwild. You can drop $80 million on a gleaming home in Beverly Hills that is grander than hotels that most of us have stayed in, or your perfect home could be a suburban abode with party lights strung over the backyard patio. This week's California wow houses cater to varied tastes. Are you looking for a home with a swim-up bar? One's available in Pleasanton. How about a stage to perform karaoke, or to practice your TED Talk? Check out the home in Berkeley. If your dream home is only complete with a backyard art studio , look at the home in La Mesa. Beach houses are featured in Aptos, La Jolla and Palos Verdes ($40 million!). And Patch editors had a thing about staircases this week. We didn't plan it, but scroll through the photos below to unleash your inner Scarlett O'Hara. Exquisite Equestrian Estate With Koi Pond ...

General Specs and Team Location: Santa Fe, NM Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 3 Living Space : 2400 sqf Cost (USD/sq. ft.): $250/sqf Completed August 2010 - Excellence in Green Remodeling from Hacienda's Parade Of Homes (2010) - Best Design from Hacienda's Parade Of Homes (2010) - Exemplary Site Utilization from the New Mexico Green Building Council (2010) Architect/Designer/Builder: Michael Percy Grant , Percy Home Design , LLC Structural Engineer: David Grabiel, QPEC Construction Roof Type 1: R-49 (torch-down roof over 7" polyiso rigid, unvented) Roof Type 2: R-56 (standing-seam metal over 2" polyiso over 12" TJI w/ cellulose, unvented) Walls Existing : R-10 to R-15 (plaster/stucco over 2-3" polyurethane spray foam over 14" earth adobe) Walls New: R-29 ( James Hardie clapboard siding over 2" XPS over 2x6 @ 24 o.c. w/ cellulose) Floors, existing: 8" inaccessible & uninsulated dirt crawl space , old vents sealed up, exhausted by HRV...

The Americas Hotel Marionetas, Merida, Mexico It takes its name from a puppet theatre that once resided in the building. It was bought by an Argentine/Macedonian couple in 2004 and converted into what is now the best B&B in the Yucatan capital. The high-ceilings and wooden floors of the 100-year-old colonial building remain , with boutique touches applied to large terracotta-floored rooms. The historic heart of Merida is a 10-minute walk away. · +52 999 928 3377, hotelmarionetas.com, doubles from £39.10 per night B&B. Centro Ecologico Sian Ka 'an, Sian Ka'an, Mexico A collection of cabins in a palm forest on the Caribbean coast. The lodgings are based in a small ecotourism centre where guests can explore the canals and wetlands with guided kayak tours , or spend the day fly-fishing for bonefish, tarpon and barracuda on the salt water lagoons . The deluxe cabins each have beautiful, hand-painted headboards and rocking chairs set on patios with sea views. · +984 871 ...

Set on a hilly incline and designed by architects Peter and Lukas Jungmann, the cabin appears to hover above ground like some sort of alien object—a stark contrast to its pastoral environment and the traditional Austrian chalets that surround it.  Tiny Shingled Cabin in Austria That Resembles a Bird-Like UFO - Photo 1 of 11 -" /> Because of its irregular, otherworldly form, and how it seems to be suspended in midair, the cabin was named "Ufogel," which is a melding of the acronym UFO and "vogel," meaning bird in German.  Tiny Shingled Cabin in Austria That Resembles a Bird-Like UFO - Photo 2 of 11 -" /> Available for rent through Urlaubsarchitektur, Ufogel’s exterior is covered in rustic Austrian-style shingles, but its sharp angles and asymmetrical shape gives it a distinctly futuristic, nest-like look.  Tiny Shingled Cabin in Austria That Resembles a Bird-Like UFO - Photo 3 of 11 -" /> Within, the split-level, 485-square- foot space acc...