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A 55,000-square-foot mansion set for auction next month would easily fetch the $9.9 million previous asking price if it were in Carmel, Calif., instead of Carmel, Ind. But there it sits in Indiana, a 36-room home called Le Chateau Renaissance, built by Conseco insurance company founder Stephen Hilbert and his wife,... Continue Reading »

With 56 bedrooms and 96,000 square feet to contend with, Hearst Castle's chief curator, Hoyt Fields, is the busiest estate manager in the world. But how does he keep up with the upkeep on the mansion that William Randolph Hearst was building in central California from 1919 until his death in 1947? One of the most famous... Continue Reading »