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Take four Fondation Claude

Step back in time with a visit to the homes of Monet

these famous figures. If you’ve ever wondered where Claude
Monet struck his inspiration from,
come to Fondation Claude Monet –
his private house and surrounding

Paisley Park gardens, located in Giverny, France.
Monet lived and painted at the house
for almost 50 years, and was clearly
It’s tough to think of Minnesota and not inspired by its gardens, which he also
immediately think of Prince, so when transformed during the time he lived
in the state’s capital Minneapolis, why there. Today, Fondation Claude Monet
not visit the famous singer-songwriter’s serves as the man’s final artwork of his
private estate, Paisley Park. Located career, with more than 500,000 people
just a short drive out of the city, a year coming to see the house’s water
Paisley Park not only served as Prince’s lilies, its Japanese-style bridge, and its
home, but also a production complex, weeping willow.
where the ‘TAFKAP’ laid down some
of his most sumptuous songs, such
as 7 and When Doves Cry. Paisley Park
also features artifacts from Prince’s ©Oeil de verre via Flickr
all-too-brief life, and if it’s all a bit
overwhelming, a guided tour is also
available.

Handel &
©Meet Minneapolis
Hendrix in

Graceland London
Believe it or not, German Baroque
Once owned by rock & roll singer composer George Frideric Handel
Elvis Presley, the Graceland and American guitarist Jimi Hendrix
mansion, located in Memphis, lived next door to each other in
attracts more than 650,000 London – although roughly two
visitors annually. Opened to the centuries apart – at 23 and 25
public in 1982, Graceland now Brook Street in Mayfair. Today, the
houses a museum, a restaurant, complex serves as a museum to
a gift shop, and more. One of both men, who transformed music
Graceland’s most famous features within their respective eras. While
is not inside the mansion at all – many of Handel’s best-known
it is the wall surrounding it, made operas, oratorios and ceremonials
of Alabama fieldstone, which were composed in his house,
features years’ worth of signatures Hendrix’s time in London was
and messages from visitors – unfortunately much briefer, with the
maybe in the future, you’ll add singer living there for just the two
yours too. years preceding his death in 1970.
©Marcel Limbeek via Flickr ©The Michis via Flickr

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