Madame Sherri Forest, New Hampshire Oct 23, 2024

Madame Sherri Forest, New Hampshire

Madame Sherri Forest in Chesterfield, New Hampshire, is a captivating destination steeped in history and natural beauty. It was once the site of an extravagant house built in the 1930s by Madame Antoinette Sherri, a flamboyant 1920s costume designer known for her lavish parties. Madame Sherri"s dramatic arrivals in town, often in a chauffeur-driven Packard, draped in furs, became the talk of the locals. As her fortune declined, her "castle" fell into disrepair and was vandalized. In 1959, she returned to find her property in ruins and never came back. A fire destroyed the house in 1963, leaving behind only the stone foundation, an iconic staircase, and a large fireplace leading to a lone chimney.

© yggdrasill/Shutterstock

palette

Today in History

Oct 23, 2018Of moles and liquid nitrogen
Oct 23, 2019Polar bear capital of the world
Oct 23, 2020Saskatchewan s spookier side
Oct 23, 2021Eurasian scops owl
Oct 23, 2022Mute swan
Oct 23, 2023Corn maze in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania
Oct 23, 2025International Day of the Snow Leopard

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Mar 12, 2023Lucian Blaga National Theater, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Nov 11, 2025Marine Corps War Memorial, Arlington, Virginia
Feb 17, 2023Great Backyard Bird Count
Sep 5, 20221934 Labor Day parade, Gastonia, North Carolina
Feb 5, 2025Scottish Blackface sheep, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Oct 27, 2020A bridge of Madison County
Jul 15, 2020Who left the tub running?
Jun 30, 2024Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Oct 8, 2020An underwater rainbow
Aug 26, 2021What are these creatures?
Feb 5, 2023Monarch butterflies, Pismo Beach, California
Apr 8, 2022Ponta Delgada
Jun 28, 2021A medieval celebration in the Mediterranean
Apr 2, 2026Wildflower bloom, Central Valley, California
Jul 31, 2025Ring-tailed lemur
Nov 11, 2019On a Healing Field for Veterans Day
Jan 30, 2019Embracing the cold
Sep 24, 2020Till the cows come home
Jul 14, 2020Under Parisian skies
Nov 5, 2020A medieval Moorish gem
Jun 8, 2025World Oceans Day
Oct 29, 2024Great horned owl
Sep 18, 2024Gujō Hachiman Castle, Gifu prefecture, Japan
Aug 2, 2024Virgin Islands National Park established
Dec 13, 2019Taking the scenic route
Feb 19, 2018Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington, DC
Jan 3, 2021An Alpine fairy-tale castle
Jul 13, 2020Welcome to the Hoh
Oct 22, 2025The Belogradchik Rocks in Bulgaria
Jul 23, 2024Methoni Castle, Messenia, Greece