Versace Mansion, Miami, Florida

The oceanfront mansion of late couture designer Gianni Versace is a crown jewel of South Beach. Originally built in 1930 to resemble the historic Alcazar de Colon mansion in the Dominican Republic once owned by the son of Christopher Columbus, Versace purchased the 1930 mansion and an adjacent lot in 1992 for nearly $10 million. He then invested about $33 million more to restore it with frescoes on walls and ceilings.

The mansion boasts arched doorways, an open air, mosaic-covered courtyard; a 6,100-square-foot south wing and a gold-lined 54-ft. swimming pool with more than one million hand-worked mosaic tiles. After Versace was murdered on the 19,000-square-foot home's front steps in 1997, Casa Casuarina was sold and converted to a 10-suite boutique hotel. It's on the market for $100 million, reduced from $125 million.