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My friend’s intriguing home at 9209 Hickory Street, tucked within its own private wood, recently sold after a single-day open house, precisely as I had predicted. Unlike anything else I have seen in Omaha, it has always struck me as a personal
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There are certain corners of Omaha that refuse to loosen their grip on one’s imagination. West Farnam. The Gold Coast. The Blackstone neighborhood, as it is called today. I shall use the names interchangeably, if only to keep everyone on their
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For weeks before the June 21, 2026 collapse of the foundation wall at the former Brothers Lounge, 3810–3812 Farnam Street, engineers working on Omaha’s streetcar project were documenting unexplained groundwater, underground voids, and
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I’ve got something to show you. A place I’ve been toodling by for years. May I present Miss 323 South 51st Avenue—diminutive and dreamy, as though a romantic English cottage had wandered from the Cotswolds, taken one wrong turn, and
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Today’s investigation will be brief—but, I hope, irresistible. Summer has a way of filling every hour, and I, for one, have every intention of finding time for a swim. Let’s gather around for just a moment. I promise this isn’t one of my
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We have all, at one point or another, wondered about 1040 South 29th Street. She was a fortress of a house—variously described as mansion or a castle, as if plopped down on the Nebraska prairie. Austere and enigmatic, the Georgia Row House at
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Today we have a small but interesting case study: 311 South Happy Hollow Boulevard, situated upon Lots 22 and 23, Block 6 of Evanston Addition (those tidy numerals so beloved of municipal order). Lot 23 is to the north, and has always been
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I was in the office when the initial letter informing of the Walter Harkert house clues was delivered by messenger. While organizing file folders, photographs and books and listening to the Enchanted Cottage from another room, I observed the
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I came across an old, snow veiled photograph that opened a portal to another era, every detail buried in place. A glorious dark residence was concealed from the road by trees and shrubs, cloaked in snow. Hidden but well maintained, there
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Hello Detective Friends, Fellow Sleuths and Curious Newcomers! Today, March 2, 2026, we are celebrating a ten-year birthday. My Omaha Obsession…how swiftly time has flown by! We are having a party. Strolling