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This is a list of the 100+ largest extant and historic houses in the United States, ordered by area of the main house. The list includes houses that have been demolished, houses that are currently under construction, and buildings that are not currently, but were previously used as private homes. [1]
Monks Mound is the largest Pre-Columbian earthwork in the Americas and the largest pyramid north of Mesoamerica.The beginning of its construction dates from 900 to 955 CE. Located at the Cahokia Mounds UNESCO World Heritage Site near Collinsville, Illinois, the mound size was calculated in 1988 as about 100 feet (30 m) high, 955 feet (291 m) long including the access ramp at the southern end ...
The title of the "world's largest palace" is both difficult to award and controversial, as different countries use different standards to claim that their palace is the largest in the world. The title of world's largest palace by area enclosed within the palace's fortified walls is held by China's Forbidden City complex in Beijing , which ...
The Biltmore Estate, America's largest mansion, was commissioned by George Vanderbilt in 1889. It required six years and the skilled hands of local craftsmen to complete this French Renaissance ...
Look inside the abandoned $250 million Titanic Mansion that looks eerily similar to the tragic sunken ship Photographer explores abandoned Titanic Mansion in Philadelphia Urban explorer wanders ...
The Baroness filled the mansion with antique furniture, Old Master paintings, sculptures, objets d'art and assembled an extensive collection of rare porcelain. The gardens are classified by the Ministry of Culture as one of the Remarkable Gardens of France , whilst the villa itself has been classified as a monument historique since 1996.
The Holme, a regency-style Regent’s Park mansion, was owned by members of the Saudi royal family, but it’s in receivership following the expiration of their £150 million ($192.7 million) loan ...
Spaceship Earth (Epcot) 50.3 165 ~100 % Orlando, Florida, United States 1 October 1982 – 1 October 1982 – 19 February 1989 Oriental Pearl Tower: 50 164 ~100 % Shanghai, China 1994 – never La Géode: 36 118 86.1 % Paris, France 6 May 1985 – never Nagoya City Science Museum: 35 115 ~100 % Sakae, Nagoya, Japan 3 November 1962 –