It's been more than 25 years since the movie Forrest Gump hit theaters in 1994, but who could forget that big old Southern house with the double porches in Greenbow, Alabama? I know my readers haven't because I still get so many ... Keep Reading
The “Money Pit” Movie Mansion Is For Sale in New York
The 1986 movie The Money Pit was a comedy of house errors, showing just about everything that could possibly go wrong with a fixer upper. Tom Hanks and Shelley Long played a young couple that bought a house that seemed too good to be ... Keep Reading
Forrest Gump’s Big Old House in Alabama
Twenty years ago the movie Forrest Gump hit theaters, so let's take a look back at that wonderful old house in Greenbow, Alabama, that Forrest Gump and his mama lived in. I've had a lot of readers ask me where it is and whether it's ... Keep Reading
Unhappy at Home?
Tom Hanks' dreams for his fixer upper fall apart in The Money Pit. A recent survey asked people how they feel about their homes, and I was surprised by some of the results. For instance, only 20% said that they actually like how their ... Keep Reading
The House from “A League of Their Own” in Kentucky
It had been years since I saw the 1992 movie A League of Their Own, about the first professional women's baseball league in the U.S. But when a reader told me that the Victorian mansion that doubled as their boarding house was on the ... Keep Reading