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Even lava won’t stop rich people from buying mansions in Hawaii

Posted: 01 Mar 2020 09:00 AM PST

Wealthy homebuyers and vacationers aren’t letting a little existential threat from five active volcanoes ruin their good time on Hawaii’s Kona-Kohala coast. The Kona Kohala coast stretches 35 miles on the state’s Big Island. Everyone wants a piece of its pristine beauty and they’re paying top dollar for it, even though much of it is at high risk for lava flows, according to the Wall Street Journal. Most homes on the Big Island are modest

New Jersey’s most famous zoomorphic attraction is up for rent on Airbnb

Posted: 01 Mar 2020 06:00 AM PST

Lucy the Elephant has attracted sightseers and tourists to Margate, New Jersey for well over a century, but for the first time in a very long time, the six-story-tall relic of kitsch architecture is up for rent. Come Saint Patrick’s Day, Lucy the Elephant can be rented out on Airbnb for $138 per night, according to the New York Times. That’s one dollar for every year Lucy has stood in Margate, weathering hurricanes, changing tourist