The house at 1105 N. College Ave. in Claremont that many think was owned by “Oz” author L. Frank Baum (but wasn’t) is the subject of Friday’s column. Read it here.

The house is now for sale for a cool $2.85 million. Real estate broker Geoff Hamill’s page about the house is here and a virtual tour can be taken here.

At right is Ashlee Robinson, 13, who greeted people at the open house last Sunday as Dorothy Gale and said, “Welcome to Oz. There’s no place like home!”

Below is a view of the backyard maze as seen from the guest quarters above the garage. “Adults and kids really liked it,” former owner Shirley Rude told me. Can’t blame ’em a bit.

(A 2008 post on my blog about the house can be read here.)