The 'turnabout' in inventor Thomas Edison's life began when he was only age 8. I am convinced that each of us has a 'turnabout' tale either in our past or in our future.

The houses stayed in the Edison family after his death in 1931. In 1947, Mina Edison sold it for $1 to the city of Fort Myers, which opened it that year to the public.

The historic home, known as the “Harris-Edison House,” was put on the market in 2023 for $1.2 million by the Hines family. According to real estate websites, it’s now under contract.

In the days around Christmas in 1879 — after finally figuring out how to make a lightbulb that would last — Thomas Edison and his team turned a tiny New Jersey hamlet into the “Village of ...