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Plus, a South Carolina community goes head to head with its owner and a Texas home that was built from DraftKings winnings This is an edition of the WSJ Homes newsletter, a weekly guide to luxurious properties, celebrity homes, interior design and the housing market. If you’re not subscribed, sign up here. Modest miners’ cabins and standard homes are making way for luxury estates and master-planned communities in the once-quiet mining hub of Lead, S.D. Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

Our picks for June include a California home inspired by George Washington, a Colonial in Maine or a Colorado estate built around old mining sheds Clockwise from top: Drone Cowboys; Eric Phillips; Michael Berube Will WSJ’s House of the Month for June be a home inspired by George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate, a Maine Colonial with a spring-fed pond or a Colorado home built around two circa-1900s sheds? Need a refresher?