Estates

This centuries-old mansion was the home of the noted 19th-century diarist Anne Lister (aka “Gentleman Jack”).

The early 20th-century home features cutting-edge technology of the day, such as ammonia refrigeration and needle showers.

Now a retreat center for the faithful, it once provided training for clergy—but it began as a farm owned by a famed financier and his opera singer wife, who built a surprise in the backyard.

All that remains of a sugar mill destroyed during the War of Independence of 1895.

This unique piece of land is home to a patented artificial lake and the remains of an old Girl Scout camp.

A set of beech hedges planted in the 19th century forms a tunnel that takes on a different appearance in every season.

This Texas home and garden was the masterpiece of a British portrait painter.

What was once a summer home next to a waterfall has now become littered with graffiti and children in swimsuits.

A wealthy aristocratic family built this Disney-worthy, fairy-tale castle.

Hidden in the woods behind this English estate lies a Victorian pet cemetery.

These beautiful garden buildings are among the oldest surviving greenhouses in the United States.

On the outskirts of Edinburgh, a trio of topiary created by one man over the course of more than 20 years.

A grand mansion in rural mid-Wales gifted to the Welsh people by two sisters.

The country estate of renowned Ukrainian-born artist Ilya Repin.

A stately castle in the northern Italian countryside has been restored after years of neglect.

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

The summer estate of John Weeks offers dazzling views and a moose captured by Theodore Roosevelt.