Inside Voltaire’s former Paris apartment on Quai Voltaire, where the Enlightenment philosopher spent the final months of his life, received Benjamin Franklin and died in 1778.

Designed by Horace Trumbauer, whose work includes the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Gilded Age mansion retains a four-story Carrara marble staircase, Samuel Yellin ironwork, and original Louis XV-style salon rooms across more than 10,000 ft² / 929 m².

Built for Virginia’s Randolph family in the 1730s, the former plantation known as Tuckahoe was home to Thomas Jefferson for seven years of his childhood and still contains the schoolhouse where he received some of his earliest education.

Once home to Sophia Loren and her husband, film producer Carlo Ponti, this secluded villa on Rome’s Appian Way sits above an ancient basalt quarry, with Roman mosaics, 2,000-year-old fragments and a history tied to Cinecittà, Rome’s legendary film studio and the heart of Italy’s postwar cinema.

Brechin Castle has stood on Scotland’s east coast for more than 700 years, shaped by kings, war, rebellion and generations of aristocratic families. Its grounds include one of Scotland’s most remarkable private gardens.

A 1774 Hudson Valley farmhouse is for sale with the historic barn where Joan Osofsky founded Hammertown, the much-loved furnishings and antiques business that helped shape the region’s relaxed country style.

Commissioned by Francesco Burlamacchi, who was executed for plotting to unite Tuscany’s independent republics against Medici rule, the villa later became home to antifascist jurist Paolo Rossi, who helped draft the constitution of modern Italy.

On the market for the first time in over 200 years, Lake Delaware Farm dates to 1787, when Gertrude Livingston and Revolutionary War general Morgan Lewis built it while the Catskills were still largely untamed, densely forested, and home to Native American tribes.

Built in 1887 for FDNY Engine Company No. 55, 185 Lafayette Street has evolved from firehouse to studio and residence, now serving as contemporary artist Daniel Arsham’s live-work home in SoHo.

A Revolutionary-era farmhouse has been restored and expanded into a private country compound in the Hudson Valley, with its agricultural and equestrian buildings adapted into guest quarters, entertaining spaces, and private amenities.