9. Cody, Wyoming’s Smith Mansion
Place: Cody, Wyoming
Year: The 1980s
Price: $500,000 (Purchase Price in 2020)
The Smith Manson is a hallucinogenic structure that took five years to construct. Built by engineer Lee Smith, the house began as a locally harvested residence for Smith and his family. However, Smith’s wife divorced him and took the children with her because of his fixation with the project.

Cody, Wyoming’s Smith Mansion @USC_07/Twitter
Smith continued to invest thousands of dollars and keep expanding to the house. Tragically, Smith died after falling from a balcony while working on an upper level of the house. His bizarre, obsession-driven undertaking came to an end as a result, captivating residents of Wyoming for years.
