Yahoo Finance Copper Beech Farm is the most expensive home in America
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After navigating the 1800 foot driveway that winds through a wood, you arrive at the stone towers bracketing the front door and the upstairs balcony.christiesrealestate.com![Once inside the most expensive home in America, don't expect it to be the biggest. Copper Beech boasts just over 13,000 square feet.]()
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Once inside the most expensive home in America, don't expect it to be the biggest. Copper Beech boasts just over 13,000 square feet.christiesrealestate.com![The property for which it's named, of course, is the Palace of Versailles, built by Louis XIV in the 18th century. It's interior measures some 525,000 square feet.]()
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The property for which it's named, of course, is the Palace of Versailles, built by Louis XIV in the 18th century. It's interior measures some 525,000 square feet.![The Connecticut property is certainly big enough, though. Perhaps you'd like a game of hide and seek? If so, you'll have your pick of 12 bedrooms, seven bathrooms, and two partial bathrooms.]()
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The Connecticut property is certainly big enough, though. Perhaps you'd like a game of hide and seek? If so, you'll have your pick of 12 bedrooms, seven bathrooms, and two partial bathrooms.christiesrealestate.com![So what makes this Connecticut mansion so expensive?]()
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So what makes this Connecticut mansion so expensive?christiesrealestate.com![The main rooms have 12 foot ceilings, including the living room with a carved fireplace and French doors.]()
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The main rooms have 12 foot ceilings, including the living room with a carved fireplace and French doors.christiesrealestate.com![Those French doors give onto a huge solarium with a coffered ceiling with plaster detailing.]()
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Those French doors give onto a huge solarium with a coffered ceiling with plaster detailing.christiesrealestate.com![For tennis, there's a Wimbledon-style grass court.]()
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For tennis, there's a Wimbledon-style grass court.christiesrealestate.com![For swimming and relaxing, a 75-foot pool and hot tub.]()
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For swimming and relaxing, a 75-foot pool and hot tub.christiesrealestate.com![For strolling and philosophizing, expansive walled gardens.]()
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For strolling and philosophizing, expansive walled gardens.christiesrealestate.com![You could play the bocce game to end all bocce games on the ginormous lawn.]()
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You could play the bocce game to end all bocce games on the ginormous lawn.christiesrealestate.com![Or drink in the view, while enjoying a bottle from the cellar.]()
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Or drink in the view, while enjoying a bottle from the cellar.christiesrealestate.com![While those amenities are nice, the real value is in the property: 50 acres of prime waterfront.]()
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While those amenities are nice, the real value is in the property: 50 acres of prime waterfront.christiesrealestate.com![If you trust the kids to take out one of the boats, they can overnight on one of the property's two private islands.]()
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If you trust the kids to take out one of the boats, they can overnight on one of the property's two private islands.christiesrealestate.com![At the other end of the size spectrum, of course, is this <a href="http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/at-the-push-of-a-button--shipping-container-transforms-into-a-home-213350835.html" data-ylk="slk:push-button home;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" class="link yahoo-link">push-button home</a>, made from a shipping container. <b><a href="http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/topics/homes" data-ylk="slk:More great Homes + Design;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">More great Homes + Design</a></b>]()
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At the other end of the size spectrum, of course, is this push-button home, made from a shipping container. More great Homes + Design
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Although it seems to be a record that's broken monthly, we have, at the moment, a new champion: at $190 million, Copper Beech Farm, in the monied pastures of Greenwich, Connecticut, is the most expensive home ever listed in the United States. (Photos courtesy of christiesrealestate.com.)
