16 homes with outrageous outdoor amenities

Icon South Beach Penthouse, Miami

$19 million
Listed with ONE Sotheby's International Realty

This 8,000-square-foot oceanfront condo has a wraparound master suite with office and gym, but the massive roof deck might be most enticing: It features a private pool, an outdoor movie theater, kitchen, wet bar and billiards area.

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North Coconino Road, Paradise Valley, Ariz.

$5.85 million
Listed with Walt Danley Realty

This 10,500-square-foot home has a chef's kitchen that opens out onto a barbecue patio with a built-in pizza oven. The living room's telescoping doors lead to a five-hole golf course, two spas and a "lazy river" pool with a stone slide.

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Old Mill Farm, Greenwich, Conn.

$33 million
Listed with Sotheby's International Realty

The Elizabethan-inspired Tudor formerly owned by actor Mel Gibson sits on 75 acres that include formal gardens, a hedge maze, a terraced pool, a tennis court with stone hut, a greenhouse, a horse stable and a giant chess set.

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Britannia Manor II, Austin, Texas

$4.1 million
Listed with Robin McCall Co.

Owned by video-game developer Richard Garriott, this 4,800-square-foot estate is "seeking new stewardship." Amenities of Garriott's lair include a 360-degree observatory with telescope, a lagoon, a lighted track, a grotto and this waterslide-bedecked pool with a swim tunnel that leads to an indoor pool and spa.

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Kalorama Estate, Washington, D.C.

$4.5 million
Listed with TTR Sotheby's International Realty

Tucked down a private street in the city, this four-bedroom house comes with 2,000 square feet of outdoor space that includes a rooftop pool and an elevator to take you there.

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Falling Rock Lane, Indian Wells, Calif.

$12 million
Listed with Coldwell Banker Previews International

Suspended over a pond gushing water into 19 waterfalls, this contemporary desert manse has living and dining rooms that extend out through retractable glass walls to sun terraces that look out over a canyon. The master bathroom leads to an outdoor shower and tanning area. The patio boasts a resort-style swimming pool with swim-up bar and fire pits.

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Hamptons Modern, East Hampton, N.Y.

$5 million
Listed with Corcoran Group

Tucked behind evergreens, this Hamptons estate has two master suites, a gym, a glass-walled wine room, a heated outdoor pool and a 1,200-square-foot covered outdoor living room with a fireplace, kitchen, bath and motorized sun screens.

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Tribeca Penthouse, New York

$10 million
Listed with Sotheby's International Realty

This 10-room Manhattan condo has a private roof terrace with custom plantings and grass, a sprinkler system, an audio system, built-in lighting and an outdoor kitchen with barbecue.

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Highlands Estate, Mountain Village, Colo.

$19.9 million
Listed with Peaks Real Estate Sotheby's International Realty

This Telluride-area estate has a commercial-grade outdoor kitchen with built-in espresso machine, two waterfalls, heated stone pathways and patios, a gazebo with wet bar and seven-person hot tub, a golf fairway and putting green, and a full-scale replica of the labyrinth at Chartres in France.

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Portluck Road, Honolulu

$23 million
Listed with Pacific International Realty

Both the communal rooms and the bedroom suites in this 12,600-square-foot beachfront manse open out onto decks leading to — and in some cases across — swimming pools and decorative ponds.

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King Road, Atlanta

$10 million
Listed with Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty

This Tuxedo Park home sports both indoor and outdoor pools, as well as an open-air dining area with fireplace and ceiling fan.

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Serrano Way, Rancho Mirage, Calif.

$3.7 million
Listed with HOM Real Estate Group

This desert abode has retracting walls of glass that open out to a 4,000-square-foot, Thai-style pool surrounded by a teak pagoda. The grounds also have a private, 18-hole putting course.

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Chelsea Penthouse, New York

$4.5 million
Listed with Sotheby's International Realty

This Manhattan duplex co-op, accessed by a key-locked private elevator, has a 1,600-square-foot, multilevel rooftop fully landscaped with seating areas, outdoor kitchen and outdoor dining room.

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Rockingham Court, Colleyville, Texas

$2.2 million
Listed with Century 21 Mike Bowman

This 9,300-square-foot house has a "wine porch," outdoor dining pavilion, fireplaces, a pool with spa and standalone pool house, a ground-level trampoline and a putting-chipping green.

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Wood Creek Court, Las Vegas

$6.5 million
Listed with Realty Executives of Nevada

In addition to a garage with a scoreboard-bedecked basketball court, a panic room and a Mediterranean-style main house with loggias overlooking the Vegas Strip, this estate's backyard has a pool with bridge, a man-made "beach sand island," a swim-up sunken dry bar and a lazy river with grotto.

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The Fish Camp Estate, Marathon, Fla.

$12.9 million
Listed with Ocean SIR

Tucked away in the Florida Keys, this family fishing compound has deep-water dockage and a commercial-grade kitchen dedicated specifically to fish. Outside, you'll find a waterfall-fed pool and spa, a tennis court and a full outdoor kitchen.

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