First, a Los Angeles man does an exhaustive home-history study and discovers that a previous owner shared the current owner's passion for Cadillacs. Suddenly, many little items found in the house start to make sense. Then, an Austin, Texas, woman is drawn to an unusual stone house built on a hill. She discovers that the previous owner was a flamboyant opera singer. Next, in small-town Iowa, two women help each other restore their respective homes and learn their homes' histories in the process.