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Sugarloaf, Laguna Beach, California
Sugarloaf, the Craftsman kingdom inspired by the five-star Lodge at Torrey Pines—and known by some as Laguna’s most fabled estate—is a California treasure. Commanding two prized acres jutting out to a private white-sand beach and the Pacific Ocean, it stages…
Wayne Gretzky’s California Palace, Sherwood, California
When it came time for one of the world’s most beloved sports icons to seek solitude in Southern California, he settled on six magical acres of knolltop enchantment overlooking the prestigious Sherwood Country Club. Celebrating a nonstop panorama of fairways,…
Beverly Hills, California
Monumental yet manageable, powerful yet intimate, the French limestone masterpiece between the Beverly Hills Hotel and Rodeo Drive crowns a knoll of magical formal gardens. Distinguished by twelve elegant fireplaces, the mansion’s spectacular centerpiece is a circular skylit foyer around…
Santa Ynez Valley, California
After living in some of the world’s dreamiest settings, the couple longed to return to California. They created a kingdom on 23 oak-clad acres atop the most majestic hilltop in the Santa Ynez Valley—with a celebrity list that has included…
Scottsdale, Arizona
Anticipation builds when you first glimpse the nearly hidden Tuscan hideaway, its 11,477-square-foot form silhouetted on five magical acres of Scottsdale desert. A porte cochere introduces the soaring foyer. Beyond, a living room with cantera fireplace frames the panorama that…
Dallas, Texas
Already the recipient of multiple design awards, the recently minted Dallas castle in gated Glen Abbey nestles into graceful gardens orchestrated by Harold Leidner. Overlooking a lake and waterfalls past poolside terraces, the entertainment rooms and beautiful bedrooms revel in…
Fort Worth, Texas
In a rolling emerald-green pastorale between Fort Worth and Dallas, gates and a guardhouse open to a magnificent Old World villa conceived by one of America’s foremost entrepreneurs as his own private country club. Ingeniously orchestrated in the Italian style…
Houston, Texas
Amid venerable trees and graceful poolside gardens blessed with a gazebo and tennis court, the magnificent Georgian family home personifies the prestige and tradition that have long distinguished Houston’s River Oaks. Guests enter flowing formal rooms with high ceilings, crown…
Austin, Texas
From sunrise until sunset and deep into the starry Texas night, the soaring windows and poolside terrace drink in dramatic views of downtown Austin. The house, with four living areas, was clearly created to captivate family and friends in its…
Berman Buckskin Ranch, Telluride, Colorado
Berman Buckskin Ranch, a picture-postcard 16-mile drive from the historic heart of internationally renowned Telluride, is where the traditions of the Old West meet up with the comforts of the modern day. Arrayed across the 1,492 spectacular acres are two…
Las Vegas, Nevada
An Arabian Nights oasis in the Nevada desert, the soaring Mediterranean mansion in Spanish Hills eloquently expresses the palmy luxuriance of the tony Las Vegas enclave. Eleven resplendent rooms echo with high-voltage electricity the glamour and excitement of the minutes-away…
The Beech Tree House, Woodinville, Washington
The Beech Tree House is an Edenic ambrosia of mellifluous lakefront gardens and radiant rooms drenched in lighthearted romance. Arrayed across nearly two acres with 130 feet beside the water just to the north of Bellevue, the Washington estate delights…
Seattle, Washington
Crowned by a broad gambrel roof with flaring eaves under which paired shuttered windows look out on three acres of trellised fairy-tale gardens laden with fruit trees, the 1910 Dutch Colonial has become a welcoming gathering place in Seattle’s gated…
Black Oaks Estate, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Lake Tahoe’s majestic Black Oaks Estate toasts the beauty of the Sierra with the enchantment of noble Tudor architecture enveloped in storybook poolside gardens. From the soaring entrance stairhall and great room to the banquet room and gourmet kitchen—with one…
Honolulu, Hawaii
Bedazzling views of the Pacific simply take your breath away from the magnificent gated oceanfront oasis at Diamond Head. The Hawaiian drama reaches a zenith in a sweeping poolside living room and lanais that frame to perfection one of the…