Forest Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum

It’s now back on the market for $67 million, but his three children — Prince, Paris and Blanket — still have access to the ranch. “The kids can go to the property whenever they want to visit him,” said the source.Michael sold the 2,700-acre property near Santa Barbara before his death for $22.5 million. It’s now back on the market for $67 million, but his three children — Prince, Paris and Blanket — still have access to the ranch. “The kids can go to the property whenever they want to visit him,” said the source. (The National Enquirer)

By Kim Foley MacKinnon 20170825020000-- CommentsPrintBy Kim Foley MacKinnon Globe correspondent 
 August 25, 2017Master architect Frank Lloyd Wright would have been 150 years old this year on June 8, and all around the country communities with properties designed by him are commemorating his legacy. Sites like Fallingwater in Pennsylvania and Taliesin in Wisconsin often get the lion’s share of the public’s attention, but Wright’s talents and influence show up in many under-the-radar places worth checking out. Buffalo is one such example.In the 1900s, Wright was commissioned by prominent Buffalo businessman Darwin D. Larkin, who had first seen Wright’s work in Illinois, to design the Larkin Company’s new headquarters building. Martin eventually hired Wright to design other buildings, including his home and a summer house. Over the decades, the office building was demolished and the other properties fell into disrepair.Fortunately, in the past few decades, there has been a major effort in the city to restore the Martin House Complex and the Graycliff Estate. Perhaps even more poignant are three structures that were built almost 100 years after Wright’s death, a gas station, a boathouse, and a mausoleum. Visitors can easily check out the sites on their own, but a convenient way to tour them all is the special “All Wright, All Day Tour” being offered through October by the Martin House Complex. The $130 guided tour visits the following sites and includes lunch.Martin House ComplexTo say Martin commissioned Wright to build a house is a bit of an understatement. It was really an estate, with multiple interconnected buildings. In addition to the main house, designed in Wright’s signature Prairie House style and completed in 1907, there was a conservatory, carriage house, pergola, the gardener’s cottage and the Barton House (where Martin’s sister and her husband lived). Since 1996, more than $50 million has been spent to return the complex to its glory days, including... (The Boston Globe)