The ‘Practical Magic’ Mansion: What This Cult-Classic Home Would Actually Cost You Today

Spooky season is quickly approaching, and "Practical Magic 2" hits theaters on Thursday. If you're anything like us, you've probably spent time dreaming about the house from the 1998 original.But as it turns out, director Griffin Dunne couldn’t find a real-life home that matched his vision for the iconic Owens sisters' family home. He actually hired production designers Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch to build a temporary exterior shell on Washington’s San Juan Island for the film. The famous movie house’s detailed rooms were constructed on a soundstage in Los Angeles.While the house was never real, moviegoers have obsessed over it for nearly 28 years. So what would it cost to buy a historical home and live like Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman's witchy characters today?To know for sure, let's break down the math for two separate 1890s Victorians: the first in Coupeville, WA, where the movie’s town shots were filmed, and another in the coastal town of Winthrop, MA, which is similar to the movie’s intended New England vibe.What it takes to finance a historical VictorianUnlike the Owens sisters, who lived with their aunts in an inherited Victorian, you'll likely need a mortgage to...