Whose childhood homes are these?

Before she ruled the dance floor

The best-selling female recording artist of all time grew up outside Detroit in this two-story brick Colonial in the Rochester Hills neighborhood. She has several houses of her own these days, but she certainly didn't have her own room growing up, with seven siblings in the modest four-bedroom, two-bath home.

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Not quite the White House

Two future presidents lived in this house on Ohio Avenue in Midland, Texas. (Hint: They lived there at the same time.) It is now a museum, with a nearby home serving as administrative offices and a gift shop (get details). The presidential family moved into the 1,400-square-foot home in 1951 and stayed there until 1955, when they relocated to a larger home in town to accommodate their growing family.

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The greatest childhood home of them all?

One fan of this boxing legend acquired a significant piece of memorabilia when he purchased the childhood home of "The Greatest" in September 2012 for $70,000. The Louisville, Ky., house may have a sagging front-porch overhang and look a little run-down these days, but a historical marker out front says the home is where the three-time world heavyweight champion's "values were instilled."

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A giant of American literature

Born as Samuel Clemens, he was better known by his pen name and for his novels that were set in his hometown of Hannibal, Mo. His boyhood home there has been turned into a museum (get details), which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2012.

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The first place he ‘walked the line’?

This singer-songwriter, known for his distinctive bass-baritone voice, grew up as the fourth of seven children in Dyess, Ark., in the 1930s. Arkansas State University is working to restore the site, hoping to turn it into a tourist attraction with the boyhood home of its most famous resident as the centerpiece.

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The birthplace of an entertainment juggernaut

The name behind the billion-dollar corporation that has sparked the imaginations of children for decades was born in this Chicago house in 1901. The home, which was built by his father, no longer looks as it did back then and even has a new address. Converted into two apartments, the building doesn't have a marker indicating its historical significance.

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‘One more thing’: He grew up here

When this idolized tech inventor died in December 2011, some fans paid tribute by visiting his childhood home, a three-bedroom, two-bathroom house still owned by his family, in Los Altos, Calif. The home's garage is where the future billionaire and two fellow techies (their names?) first created their company in 1976.

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‘A Star Is Born’

Just like the house in her most famous movie, this "Wizard of Oz" star's childhood home didn't always stay in one spot. The Grand Rapids, Minn., house was moved twice after her family sold it. In its current location on the outskirts of town, the home has been turned into a museum (get details) with an interior designed to look much like it would have during her time there as a child.

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A son of the Midwest

This Pulitzer Prize-winning author (his well-known novel?) grew up in this home in Oak Park, Ill., and lived there until he briefly took a job as a reporter for the Kansas City Star before signing on to be an ambulance driver in Italy during World War I. He was wounded two months later and returned home. In addition to this home, his birthplace has been restored by a foundation dedicated to the author; it and a museum a short walk away (get details) are popular tourist attractions.

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A golden beginning

This actress (her Oscar win?) grew up in a charming three-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom brick duplex in Takoma Park, Md., and her 1976 wedding to Bill Hudson (their kids?) took place in the home's backyard.

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1970s ‘It Girl’ got her start here

Before she was one of Charlie's Angels, this actress was the daughter of an oilman in Corpus Christi, Texas, where she grew up in a four-bedroom, three-bathroom house.

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Gone, but a home that’s not forgotten

This former presidential candidate spent the first five years of his life in a Palmer Woods, Detroit, home that's no longer there. After his parents sold the house in 1953, it went into foreclosure twice, and its later owners abandoned it in the middle of a roof-repair job. Things got uglier from there, and neighbors urged the city to tear down the home in 2010.

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