Founded 101 years ago by Baltimore industrial wealth, transformed by Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr. into a Thoroughbred racing and breeding dynasty, and later restored by Under Armour founder Kevin Plank, who reportedly invested more than $22 million in the land and facilities, the 524-acre estate sits at the heart of Maryland horse country.

Considered one of southern England’s finest private country houses, the Grade II-listed Pythouse sits in South Wiltshire’s Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

In the 1980s, when Nasser Nakib was a junior architect working in Soho, he used to slip over to Bond Street on his lunch breaks just to stand on the cobblestones. “In Provence you’re in a lavender field and you think, I could die happy here,” he says. “In New York, this block is it for me.”

Set above the Côtes du Rhône vineyards, the nearly 10-hectare estate combines a fortified medieval core with hospitality infrastructure and approved expansion potential.

Located near Piazza Santo Spirito, this 19th-century tower was reimagined by Stefano Tozzi, a Florentine architect with experience at renowned studios like Natalini and Arata Isozaki and collaborations with celebrated architects Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid.

Set in the Burgundy countryside near the village of Vézelay, this French manor estate extends across 17 acres of parkland within a quiet, historic pocket of the region.

“Aberdeen is a home with a deep soul,” says the Breaking Bad actor. Past owners include Tim Curry, Robert Pattinson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Jim Parsons, who sold the property to Paul in 2019 for $6.95 million.

Just 180 meters from the Mediterranean in Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer, once described by The Times as the “Secret South of France.”

Near Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in the Alpilles, the restored estate includes multiple residences, landscaped gardens, and a wellness pavilion with hammam and sauna.

One of the largest properties in Menaggio, with 1,050 feet of private lake frontage, Villa Olivetta is a Victorian outlier among the Italianate and Liberty-style estates that define Lake Como, built in the late 19th century by London-born engineer Herman Mylius.