A mystery

There used to be a very large house down the street from us. VERY large, like 20,000 square feet or more. A regular mansion. Not quite as big as this, but not too far off, either.

It was so big that when people drove by and saw it for the first time, they would invariably remark, "Whoa. That's a big house."

One day, maybe 2 months ago, we went outside and the house was gone. GONE. There was a big pile of rubble, and three very large chimneys. So we took a photo with the cell phone while we were driving by:

Now the chimneys are gone, and you can't even tell that an enormous house was ever there. Weird.