With luxurious mansions, vast amounts of land, numerous outbuildings and facilities for horses and hunting, you’ll never want to leave these awe-inspiring estates. From California to South Carolina, here are our top picks of properties currently for sale across the US.

This 350-acre estate is on a branch of the North Edisto River just south of the city of Charleston. The Federal-style main house was built in 1810 by cotton planter William Seabrook. Its grand staircase was designed by James Hoban, the architect of the White House.

The stunning interior is decorated in greens and blues and there are five bedrooms and four bathrooms. Features include wood floors, chandeliers and fireplaces. Kiawah and Seabrook Islands, with their fine beaches, are a short boat ride away.

You can take in the views from the spacious verandas. On the grounds there are two guest houses, two docks, a caretaker’s house, a tea house and greenhouses. There are also plenty of opportunities for outdoor activities, including hunting in the grounds surrounding the house.

This vast 1,278-acre ranch designed for hunting is set among beautiful rolling hills and hardwood forests. The main lodge has six bedrooms and six bathrooms, including two master suites at the end of each wing and four guest suites.

The open-plan dining and living room has two stone fireplaces and pine floors and beams. There’s a spacious kitchen with two islands and granite worktops. Next to the lodge is a ‘bunkhouse’ with garages, a workspace area and a large bedroom with space for 12 people.

Outside is a pool and entertainment area with a gas fire pit and a hot tub that overflows into the pool. There’s also a stone wood-burning fireplace, outdoor kitchen and bar so you can host a large party in style after a day’s hunting.

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Set in almost six acres of land, this estate includes a beautiful Norman French-style home designed by the American architect Harrie T. Lindeberg. Its traditional features include lead-pane windows and there are seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms in total.

The grand living room has a chestnut and pine cathedral ceiling, an original carved European fireplace and French doors leading to the back lawn. There’s also a pine-panelled library, large entrance hall and dining room with a bay window.

Nature lovers can enjoy walks in the pristine woodland surrounding the house. Outside there’s a secluded pool, private lake for fishing and skating and garage apartment that can be used for staff or guests. There’s also another separate wing currently being used for staff.

Oakdale was built in 1838 and was the ancestral home of the Maryland governor, Edwin Warfield. It consists of 180 acres located around 30 miles from Washington DC. There’s a grand front porch with 18-foot Roman Doric columns where you can enjoy views of fields and woods and the estate has approval to operate a winery so you can also produce your own wine.

The huge main residence has 24 rooms, including five bathrooms and 12 fireplaces. Inside, the house is packed with original features, with more columns and stunning wood flooring, a panelled ceiling and arched doorways. 

On the grounds is another residence built in 2005 – Oakdale Hall – that can be used for guests or entertaining. Altogether the estate has 35 rooms, 16 bedrooms and 10 bathrooms. Its other outbuildings include a gardener’s cottage, a smokehouse and stables.

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The Riverstone Estate occupies a massive 1,200 acres of land and has a total of 26 structures plus 23 ponds. Built in 1828, the main mansion has five bedrooms, five full bathrooms and 17 fireplaces all in tip-top condition; the house underwent a total interior refurbishment in 2002. 

Each room in the mansion features a different hardwood and has its own style. There’s a library, music room, conservatory, English-style pub and wine cellar. The estate sits where the Allegheny and Clarion Rivers meet and has six miles of river frontage.

Riverstone’s impressive array of outbuildings includes a greenhouse, carriage house designed in 1876 by the architect Frank Heyling Furness, garden house with a stained glass door, dovecote, equestrian complex and a number of other houses with multiple bedrooms.

This 46-acre horse farm is set on the Ramapo River and surrounded by protected countryside. Its English-inspired stone mansion has seven bedrooms and bathrooms, a double-height foyer, formal dining room, breakfast room and family room.

Its grand two-storey great room has light flooding in through its floor-to-ceiling windows and there is even plenty of space for a grand piano. The master bedroom suite has an impressive stone fireplace and its own private spa.

A perfect home for horse lovers, the estate has a 20-stall barn, a large indoor riding arena, five paddocks and private riding trails. Outside there is also a basketball court, an infinity pool with a three-level terrace, a cinema room and English-style pub. There are also staff quarters and a carriage house.

Set on 72 acres, the secluded Stones Throw boasts excellent fishing and wildlife-watching opportunities – Fish Creek, Cheyenne Creek and Snake River all pass through it. As well as the fabulous main home, there’s a guest house and 2,000 square feet of garage and storage space.

There’s a library with walnut floors and walls and a spiral staircase leading to a second level with more bookshelves and a reading nook. Other grand spaces include a great room with 30-foot ceilings for entertaining in style and a formal dining room with a walnut ceiling.

The guest house has everything your visitors might need for a comfortable stay, including a sumptuous bedroom, two bathrooms, a kitchen and a garage. There’s also a guest wing in the main home with its own living room, kitchenette, study and bedroom.

If you've always wanted to live in a beautiful house on a lake, this is the one for you. This estate is in a spectacular location on the shores of Lake Tahoe with 24 acres of meadows and forest and views of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Built in 2004, the main residence uses local Montana stone to blend in perfectly with the natural surroundings. 

Inside, there’s a grand foyer with a sweeping staircase to the second level. On the ground floor is a living room opening onto a full-length lakefront patio, games room with bar and billiards, cinema room, family room, formal dining room and more.

The large main house has eight bedroom suites, with the master suite featuring an open fireplace and a terrace with views of the lake. There’s a two-bedroom guest house on the grounds, 378 feet of sandy beach, a private pier and two further outbuildings.

Considered by some to be the American Versailles, this magnificent estate is just 25 miles from New York. Its vast 58-room mansion was completed in 1907. It’s currently listed for sale as ‘price upon request’ but in 2018 the upmarket society magazine Town & Country reported its price tag as $48 million.

The mansion was built by George Croker - the son of railway magnate Charles Crocker – as an escape from the hustle and bustle of the city. Modelled on an English castle, its great hall with 30-foot ceiling comes complete with a pipe organ from 1906.

The house has been lovingly renovated over the last seven years, with the addition of a new living area. There are more than 12 acres of grounds with a tennis court, two fountains, an outdoor pool, a gatehouse and staff quarters with five suites.

This estate is named after the four surrounding peaks of Snowmass Mountain, Capitol Peak, Mount Daly and Mount Sopris and occupies 876 acres of pristine nature. Its long list of impressive features includes a spa, putting green and private labyrinth.

You can see jaw-dropping views from every aspect, including from this comfortable living room with floor-to-ceiling windows. There are seven bedrooms and eight full bathrooms in total, and a cinema room and climate-controlled wine room.

There’s an abundance of ways to enjoy the great outdoors – the estate has its own private beach with cabana, 15 miles of private trails for hiking, cycling or horse riding and indoor and outdoor pools. Guests can stay in the cottage on the grounds.

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The beautiful Rancho San Carlos five miles from Santa Barbara is a 237-acre estate that has been owned by one family for almost 100 years. The grand main residence was designed by architect Reginald Johnson in 1931 and has over 30 rooms.

This expansive home sits on two natural terraces and has formal living rooms around a central courtyard. The bedrooms are in a separate wing on the upper terrace, offering privacy as well as fabulous views of the vast grounds.

On the estate are stables and other horse facilities, 10 residential cottages, a barn, orchards, a winery and mountain views. The main residence has hardwood floors, fireplaces galore, wood panelling and spectacular chandeliers.

This lavish estate is on 25 acres of land with both city and ocean views and its own terraced vineyards. The main house is built in a Mediterranean style and is approached along a tree-lined driveway a quarter of a mile long.

You enter the house to this breathtaking foyer, with its dual staircases and fabulous chandelier. There are 12 bedrooms and five full bathrooms, with a huge 5,000-square-foot master suite and storage for 10,000 bottles of wine with a tasting room.

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