The 25 Largest Homes In The United States

Location: St. Louis, MO

Square Footage: 40,000

Built in 2007, this Midwestern home attempts to rival the Newport houses of the Robber Barons. It doesn't exactly fail… the design is European in inspiration and there are plenty of gentlemanly pursuits catered to (like billiards).

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Location: Parker, CO

Square Footage: 42,000

40 miles from Denver, this massive crib boasts 11 bedrooms, 24 baths, and a 16-car garage. For those that need entertainment to match the picturesque surroundings there is a bowling alley, movie theater, and an indoor pool.

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Location: Manalapan, FL

Square Footage: 42,000

This home has useful amenities, like 3 climate controlled garages. It was listed in 2011 for just under $36 million.

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Location: Moorestown Township, NJ

Square Footage: 45,854

Villa Collina is owned by Vernon Hill, the founder of Commerce Bank. It is one of the largest homes in Jersey and has indoor parking for 60 (yes, 60!!).

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Location: Hickory Creek, TX

Square Footage: 48,000

Champ d'Or was built for $46 million. It sold this year at action for much less. Moral? Dream McMansions are bad investments. Also noteworthy, nobody has ever lived in this monster.

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Location: Farmington, CT

Square Footage: 48,515

Former home of Mike Tyson. One time residence of 50 Cent. This pad was built for celebrities with a party mindset. (And, also, pretty good for family fun days.)

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Location: Birmingham, Alabama

Square Footage: 50,000

This place is shaped like a guitar. That is all.

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Location: Beverly Hills, CA

Square Footage: 50,000

One of LA's most legendary homes, this estate was designed by Gordon Kaufmann for William Randolph Hearst and actress Marion Davies. It is the most famous property in Beverly Hills and has hosted some of the most memorable on-screen moments of all-time, least of which some things in "The Bodyguard."

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Location: West Hartford, CT

Square Footage: 51,000

Mr. Chase has gotten some flack for this home, situated atop Talcott Mountain in West Hartford, CT. It is, obviously, enormous and carries a magnificent estimated property tax.

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Location: Paradise Valley, AZ

Square Footage: 52,800

Walter McCune, an oil tycoon, built this mansion in 1962. Most recently, the home was owned by Georgie Hormel, heir to the Hormel Foods fortune. What can you do in Paradise? Ice skate, watch films in a 150-seat theater, and get your hair done in a private salon. You can, that is, if you've got $25 million.

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Location: Fairburn, GA

Square Footage: 54,000

Former boxing champion Evander Holyfield lost this house to foreclosure. It has 109 rooms. One is a bowling alley. The others? Who knows what those are all for.

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Location: Nashport, Ohio

Square Footage: 55,000

Believe it or not, this is the home of a basket making magnet. Longaberger was founded in 1973 and remains America's largest maker of handcrafted baskets. Proof that an entrepreneurial spirit can yield American dreams.

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Location: Aspen, CO

Square Footage: 56,000

Originally purchased by Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the Hala Ranch was once the most expensive home in the United States. The guest house, itself over 14,000 square feet, sold for $36 million in 2007. Some of the amenities include a full service gas station.

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Location: Los Angeles, CA

Square Footage: 57,000

TV money! Built by Aaron Spelling, "The Manor" is the largest home in the Los Angeles area. Petra Ecclestone, heir to a Formula 1 racing fortune, now calls it her own.

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Location: Palm Beach, FL

Square Footage: 60,000

Donald Trump once owned this monster. No it is home to Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev. Diamond and gold fixtures accent the outrageous square footage.

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Location: Alpine, NJ

Square Footage: 60,000

The most expensive home in Jersey. This gem has an ice cream parlor and a steel and glass conservatory originally built in England. What else? 2 pools, a 2,000-gallon aquarium, 23 bathrooms. You know, simple things.

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Location: Saratoga Springs, NY

Square Footage: 61,403

One of the few examples of a dream mega-mansion blossoming into (potentially) a good investment. John Breyo, former CEO of Ayco Company LP, built the house for $4.1 million. It has been appraised for over $24 million. Score.

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Location: Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey

Square Footage: 62,000

This is a place of legends. Built by financier C. Ledyard Blair, the home is considered one of the finest examples of the Beaux Arts movement in america. It is, in short, a proper Gilded Age mansion. The secondary legend stems from rumors that he home is possibly haunted. At over 60,000 square feet, it is improbably to think not an inch is clear from the spirits of former inhabitants.

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Location: Medina, WA

Square Footage: 66,000

Bill Gates' previous home was big. This one is about 20,000 square foot larger. What's in it? A staggering library and more technology than you can shake a stick at. What did you expect? Bowling?

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Location: Sagaponack, NY

Square Footage: 66,400

This place has a polo practice facility. Yes, the horseback sport. It has a restaurant grade kitchen. It has a nightclub too… which is exactly why there is parking for 50.

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Location: Sagaponack, NY

Square Footage: 66,400

Ira Rennert is a self-made billionaire. Fittingly, his home in Sagaponack has been touted as America's latest single-family home. All the typical trappings of the mega-mansion are here — bowling alley, squash courts, etc — and it is so big that locals thought it would function as a hotel when initially completed in 2003.

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Location: Highlandville, MO

Square Footage: 72,215

Believe it or not, this home (set for completion this year, thus allowing for inclusion) is an experiment in efficiency. It will have all sorts of alternative energy sources and aims to provide a scalable model of sustainability for all types of buildings.

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Location: Palm Beach, FL

Square Footage: 84,626

Owned by the co-founder of hair color company Matrix Essentials, this is the most extravagant home in Palm Beach County — a place no stranger to outrageous houses.

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Location: Huntington, NY

Square Footage: 109,000

The second largest private home in the United States and the inspiration for Gatsby's pad in Fitzgerald's most famous book. Yup, this house has swagger to match its bulk.

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Location: Ashville, NC

Square Footage: 175,000

Still owned by a Vanderbilt decedent, the Biltmore Estate is one of the finest buildings in America (the 8th most favored according to an American Institute of Architects survey). Everything about it is large, including the grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. Unlikely to ever be matched by another American home for grandeur.

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