Former home of William Hearst, the famous newspaper tycoon, this extravagant Beverly Hills property was sold in 1947 for $120,000. Today it goes for over 1300 times that much, it has its own nightclub, and the neighbors include Tom Cruise and David Beckham.
Pricetag: $165 million
With 123 rooms, an indoor skating rink, and a room dedicated just to wrapping presents, the opulence on display in this Los Angeles mansion is borderline obscene.
Pricetag: $150 million
Nicknamed the “Rock Palace” due the fact that it seems to grow out of the rock on which it was constructed, this mansion was built to be the summer house of Imam Yahya, the Islamic leader of Yemen and is famous for its numerous secret passageways.
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Owned by Prince Bandar bin Sultan of Saudi Arabia, he purchased the property when he was ambassador to the United States and as one of the largest in the country, it comes with its own waste water treatment facility, gasoline pumps, and ski resort.
Pricetag: $135 million
Singer Alan Jackson’s house can be found in the suburbs of Nashville, Tennessee. Sprawling over 135 acres it comes with the good old 20 car garage that seems to be so popular on this list.
Pricetag: $35 million
Florida is famous for its luxury abodes but this one takes it a step further. Frank McKinney, the famous real estate artist, built this 15,000 sq ft eco mansion after being inspired by trips to Fiji and Tahiti. Its features include an army of solar panels, a water system that fills the pool with runoff rain water, and enough reclaimed wood to save roughly 10 acres of rainforest.
Pricetag: $23 million
As the home of the Royal Family in Scotland, Balmoral Castle is just a small part of the Queen’s extensive portfolio of properties. It is probably one of the larger properties on the list, however, at 50,000 acres. It’s so big in fact that it comes with managed herds of deer, cattle, and ponies.
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At $198 million this is one of the most expensive properties in the United States. Built by Ira Rennert in Sagaponack, New York to the dismay of his neighbors, it faces the Atlantic and is packed with numerous “toys” including a $150,000 hot tub.
Pricetag: $198 million
Atlhough no one is completely sure, it has been rumored that Elena Franchuck, a Ukrainian businesswoman, is the undisclosed buyer who purchased this absurdly expensive villa in southwest London.
Pricetag: $161 million
At $25 million dollars this New Zealand piece of real estate is a steal compared to every other mansion on this list. It comes with over 16,000 acres of land and the main house is constructed on a plateau over the Taharua River.
Pricetag: $25 million
If this list tells us anything, it would surely include the fact that London is not a cheap place to live. Built by Turkish businessman Halis Toprak, this massive mansion in the north of the city comes with its very own Turkish bath.
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Located in Malibu, California, this life size replica of Barbie’s house features a very prominent motif of the color pink, numerous dolls scattered throughout the premises, and a $200,000 chandelier made of blonde wigs.
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Although today it serves as a hotel, this 275 room Sri Lankan mansion has an extensive past and at one point even served as a military hospital in World War II.
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There are several locations in Romannia claiming to be the home of the infamous Dracula and you can find a few others on our list of 25 awesome castles you should see. This one has had its fair share of ownership disputes, however, and eventually found its way back into the hands of the Hapsburgs after being seized by the communists earlier in the century.
Pricetag: $91 million
Okay, so its not really a mansion, but come on, here we have a house that is barely 6 ft wide selling for almost $1 million dollars. That’s a lot of value for barely being able to fit a toilet in there.
Pricetag: $1 million
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Most of these are works of art. But the one in Mumbai is beyond ugly. I love modern architecture but that thing is a mess. Also, if I had 2 billion I’d build in the country side somewhere here in the US and keep it under 1/2 million, keep 10 million to live the rest of my life extremely comfortably on and give the rest to charity. I currently make less than 15k a year and have plenty to give away to charity and friends in need. Why there is anyone with that much money on the planet and there is still ANY poverty is beyond me. They could give away 90% of all they have and still be rich.
That pic is of the wrong Hearst house…. This one is in San Simeon on the central Californian coast – nowhere near Beverly Hills….
I’m surprised when see Mount Lavinia hotel in list. Indeed it’s a great mansion.