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00:01Welcome to the Poconos,
00:03a year-round vacation destination
00:05once considered the honeymoon capital of the world.
00:09I'm checking out a very spacious home for sale
00:12that's also full of a few surprises.
00:18Is this one house?
00:20It's sprawling.
00:23Beautiful balmy day.
00:26Oh, this elephant knocker.
00:29This feels very personal.
00:33Hello.
00:34Hi. How are you?
00:35I'm great.
00:36I'm Elam. Nice to meet you.
00:37I'm very excited to enjoy your home today.
00:40All right. Well, come on in.
00:42Oh!
00:45Oh, it's a tropical paradise.
00:48My name is Elam King.
00:50I own the coolest vacation rental in the Poconos.
00:54Just step back and breathe this all in.
00:56It takes a moment.
00:57I've owned this house for about a year and a half.
00:59It is the biggest or one of the biggest vacation rentals
01:01out of 10,000 of the Poconos.
01:03I mean, it's an amazing property.
01:04Who wouldn't want to buy it?
01:05I listed the home for sale
01:06because I'm wanting to get out of the operations
01:09of the vacation rentals.
01:10Let's head back here and I'll show you some more.
01:13I'll show you some more.
01:14More, more, more.
01:15So did you change anything structurally here?
01:17No.
01:18No, it was all this way.
01:21Whoa.
01:22Whoa!
01:25Welcome to the jungle.
01:27Welcome to the jungle indeed.
01:28And this is the jungle room.
01:31It's the tiger room.
01:32What's happening here?
01:36We're in, like, Pennsylvania.
01:38Not known for its tropic safari locales.
01:42Tell me about your creative designs.
01:44Have you always been this creative?
01:46I didn't know anything about it
01:47because of my Amish background.
01:49Quick question.
01:51Your Amish background.
01:53Did you grow up?
01:54Are you born into it?
01:55I was born Amish.
01:56Yeah.
01:57This house is not Amish.
02:02In the Amish community,
02:03you don't see a lot of flash.
02:05Part of being Amish is blending in with the community,
02:07not jumping out on your own.
02:09Were you able to be this creative as a kid?
02:13This kind of stuff, no.
02:15A lot of my life was very predictable.
02:17So when I left the Amish when I was 22,
02:21eventually I got into real estate,
02:23like 10, 15 years after leaving.
02:25Yeah.
02:26So this is where I completely come alive.
02:29I love it.
02:30All right, we're going,
02:31oh, this is, oh, oh.
02:34Oh!
02:36You see yourself?
02:37This is gorgeous.
02:40These are just wood rings.
02:42What are we calling these?
02:43Wood cookies.
02:45It's really difficult to work with.
02:47I mean, sanding everything.
02:48Why do we do this?
02:49Whatever, we do something different.
02:51You did it all for the cookie.
02:52All right, let's go this way.
02:56Oh, oh, I like this room.
03:00It's so spacious.
03:01Let's take a seat at the table here.
03:03Is there room?
03:05Are you going to try to take this with you when you sell,
03:08or does this just live here now?
03:10The table comes with the house.
03:12I have no way of moving it,
03:13and it would destroy it to move it.
03:14It is sprawling.
03:16It is huge.
03:17It's just unbelievable.
03:20Let's head over this way.
03:22So this is the fun room.
03:26Oh!
03:27Would you look at that.
03:29There is a way downstairs,
03:31and you will have to find, figure out how to get there.
03:34Is it a secret passage?
03:36As a hint, it's not there.
03:40So keep looking.
03:41Is this it?
03:43Check it out.
03:44Do I just start moving furniture?
03:46Just, you can move it if you want.
03:47Yeah!
03:48You want to go down?
03:49You go first.
03:51You're the visitor.
03:52Trap door?
03:53Hidden under a rug?
03:55Hidden under a plant?
03:56Hmm.
03:57I have questions.
04:01This does not feel safe.
04:03Oh my, no!
04:15Here goes everything.
04:20Where am I?
04:21Where am I?
04:24Where am I?
04:34Here I come.
04:38This is weird.
04:40The mystery room is arguably the wildest part of this house.
04:43What was this?
04:44Is this the basement?
04:45It actually used to be a dark room.
04:47The original owner, the original builder,
04:49he was developing photography.
04:51Like, well, dark room?
04:52Mystery room?
04:53Extra room?
04:54How do we get out of here?
04:56There's actually a secret way out,
04:57just like there was a secret way in.
04:59Here, this way.
05:00Is it this way?
05:01Okay, great.
05:02All right, here's the secret passage way out.
05:04Finally.
05:07If you close that door, you'll see it looks like just a bookshelf.
05:10Oh my gosh!
05:11This is so cool!
05:12Yeah, so you're not supposed to see that the door is there.
05:14That's the whole idea.
05:15So you find it up there, not down here.
05:19Oh my gosh, look at this!
05:21Look at this!
05:22Now we're back to where we started.
05:24Ah, yes.
05:25This I recognize.
05:26Elam, I want to thank you so much for an incredible tour.
05:32It was a pleasure.
05:33Thanks for coming.
05:35So we have a tropical getaway right here in the snowy streets of PA.
05:40Nice!
05:41Is that enough to swing a win?
05:44Greeting guests with a lush tropical entryway is unexpected and welcoming.
05:50Every corner has been touched by the jungle, from monkeys on trees to a giant tiger staring you down.
05:58And it is quite a surprise to have a secret playroom accessible by a trapdoor slide.
06:05Good luck to Poconos Paradise, because it's got some wild competition.
06:10Just a short ferry ride from the Big Apple is Staten Island, one of New York City's five boroughs.
06:20And home to a palatial listing that one family is ready to sell.
06:25I hear it's got so many amenities, you may never need to leave.
06:32I'm not sure what the Gilded Age is, but I think this is it.
06:51Trick or treat!
06:52How are you, sir?
06:53I'm Dave.
06:54I'm Jack.
06:55I'm thrilled to be here.
06:56Pleasure.
06:57Glad you're here.
06:58Come on in.
06:59Huge!
07:00Alright, thank you, sir.
07:04I'm Dave.
07:05This is my home.
07:06My father bought the place in 2001.
07:09Growing up here was definitely fun.
07:11I have an older brother, a younger brother, a little baby sister.
07:14So we'd always have all, you know, Christmas is here, holidays are here, birthdays are here, everything.
07:19So it's been eventful.
07:21This is huge.
07:22How big is this place?
07:23It's got eight bedrooms, 17 bathrooms.
07:26Did you say 17 bathrooms?
07:27Yes, just in case.
07:28Of what?
07:30That's a lot of bathrooms.
07:33You'd rather have too many bathrooms than not enough bathrooms.
07:36Trust me.
07:37Trust me.
07:38Woof.
07:39Has that always looked like this?
07:41Uh, no.
07:42My father was a contractor and he's completely redone everything here from top to bottom.
07:49Originally the house was half the size.
07:51And then once we bought it, we added an extension on that side and that side and then the top.
07:56And then you bought the place next door, put the garden in next door.
07:59So it's been like a process.
08:00This place is 33,000 square feet.
08:03You could fit about 15 average sized homes in this home.
08:10This might take a while.
08:11Well, I can't even tell what are rooms and what are just...
08:16Bedroom, bedroom, bedroom.
08:17Yeah.
08:18And there are multiple kitchens.
08:21But I heard all the fun is on the top floor.
08:23Yeah.
08:24I understand a previous owner was a Mr. Paul Castellano?
08:30Yeah.
08:31So this was Paul Castellano's house originally.
08:33He was a troublemaker, I heard.
08:35New York has our history and there are notable names here.
08:38Yes.
08:39That is.
08:42Can I go this way?
08:43Yes, of course.
08:44Oh, the elevator.
08:46Boom.
08:47We'll go upstairs.
08:48Yes.
08:50Yeah, this is definitely the most fun part of the house for sure.
08:52Okay.
08:53Yeah.
08:57Of course.
08:58Am I moving here?
09:00Yeah.
09:01We're ready to take an offer.
09:04Oh, my Lord.
09:07This is like a 25-seat movie theater in your house.
09:11The concept was always the more you put somewhere,
09:14then the kids will stick around longer.
09:15There's a sarcophagus in here.
09:17It actually holds DVDs.
09:19Well, an ancient relic indeed.
09:21You want to watch something?
09:22Yes.
09:23Take a seat.
09:24I'll get some popcorn.
09:25All right.
09:26My favorite part of the house is just always the movie theater.
09:28If it was up to me, I would just lock myself in there.
09:30I'd eat too much sugar and just bounce around and watch movies.
09:33There's even a stage here.
09:35My background is that this is good.
09:38All right.
09:39Why does your dad want to sell?
09:40My father more or less is leaving because he ran out of projects to do here.
09:44He's got a place to the extent that he can.
09:46He's clearly good at it.
09:47He has the passion for it.
09:48He loves it.
09:49He loves it.
09:50He loves it.
09:51I mean, this is rude.
09:54And there's the view.
09:57Wow.
09:58You can see pretty far out.
10:01Oh my gosh.
10:02You've got an incredible view like that.
10:04Yeah.
10:05It's nice up here.
10:06Cue the geese.
10:07Perfect timing.
10:08Wow.
10:09Look at that.
10:10To be able to see a view in this great expanse, that is special.
10:16That is Jack McBray approved.
10:19Well, now what is this?
10:21No.
10:30It's a little beauty salon.
10:31I mean, mom wanted it.
10:33She got it.
10:34Yeah.
10:35There you go.
10:36She has her own salon here.
10:37Yeah.
10:38Many people come and use the spa.
10:40So I get my grandmother.
10:41My sister comes.
10:42My sister-in-law's.
10:43You know, just it's useful.
10:45Let me get more beautiful.
10:47Impossible.
10:51Oh.
10:54Just kidding.
10:55It's me, Jack.
10:59This is awesome.
11:00You have a cafe just on the top floor of your home.
11:04That's it.
11:05My father's used in Rome for a couple of years.
11:07Well, he had a full-time job delivering coffee when he was ten years old.
11:09Ten years old?
11:10Yeah.
11:11Well, the labor laws were different.
11:12I need to make a phone call.
11:15Dude, there's a lot going on.
11:16There is.
11:17But you know how it feels homey?
11:18I guess it's always been home to me.
11:19I think this is a find, my friend.
11:22I will get out of your hair.
11:24Ow.
11:25Thank you so much for this tour and good luck with the upcoming showing.
11:29Thanks.
11:30Thank you so much, Dave.
11:33How does this ex-mafioso mansion turned stunner score on the wild dial?
11:39Turning a former mob boss's home into a 33,000 square foot mansion definitely scores points for originality.
11:48The attention to detail to create these lavish and stunning spaces shows serious effort.
11:55But what's wild is having a salon, cafe, and theater on the top floor.
12:02It's a mini mall at home.
12:08It's private showings only at Staten Island Stunner.
12:12With a cool $18 million list price, will some potential buyers be stunned into a sale?
12:18Wow.
12:19It's gorgeous.
12:20It certainly is a very unique home with a lot to offer.
12:23This is a unique property for the buyer's qualifications.
12:27We filter to a greater level than we would do on a typical sale.
12:31We're currently in Manhattan.
12:33We're looking just to expand, get some more room.
12:35Talking of space, this is a house that has a massive square footage.
12:40It takes me three hours to show the house.
12:43You are required to make time to have it all taken in.
12:46Oh, my God.
12:48Never have to go to the beauty salon again.
12:51I could just see my daughter getting ready for an event.
12:53This is the largest recorded listing and hopefully soon a sale in our borough.
13:00You can get this type of amenities in the city, but it's public.
13:03You know, to have it in a home, this is pretty special.
13:06This is the biggest selling point right here.
13:09You can check the traffic and let your husband know to come early home.
13:13I love it.
13:15We'll see if the stunner got to buy you a little later.
13:18In Colorado, about two hours south of Denver, there's a remote mountain town where a house
13:28on the market truly digs deep.
13:30It was designed to replicate a mine.
13:35I see a sign that says Tomcat Mining District.
13:39I wonder if our homeowner is a miner.
13:43Hello.
13:44Oh, welcome.
13:45Mike.
13:46I'm so glad you came.
13:47I cannot wait to see what we have in store.
13:48Okay, let's get started.
13:49My name is Mike and I live in the Mineshaft House.
14:03This is huge.
14:05This is the highest seal I've ever seen inside a house.
14:08Wow.
14:09Yeah.
14:10I'm selling the home because it's too big for me, but I'd like to retain as much of the
14:17land as I can.
14:20You've got a rock climbing wall.
14:22This is great.
14:25There's a rock wall in your living room.
14:28I climb, the kids climb.
14:30Is it functional?
14:31Yeah.
14:32I'll spot you.
14:34This is all.
14:35These muscles are purely decorative.
14:37All these hidden gems, gems like you're mining.
14:41I'm so smart.
14:43Mike, tell me, how did you end up here?
14:46Are you from Colorado?
14:47No, I'm from Chicago.
14:48Hey!
14:49That's been several years there.
14:51So how long have you been here?
14:5328 years.
14:54Wow.
14:55When I first saw this house, I was taken aback.
14:58I never thought that I'd be in a house this spectacular.
15:02But after seeing the 313 acres that the home's situated on, I was kind of sold.
15:08I purchased the land, and the house came with it.
15:12All right.
15:14Well, look at this.
15:17A little cuddle puddle here.
15:19Yeah.
15:20What in these windows?
15:21Okay, how do you keep these windows so clean?
15:23The reason that there are cranks on the inside is because it's such a hassle to clean the
15:28outside, setting them scaffold all the way from the ground.
15:31So they'd set up a ladder inside and crank them all open and clean them.
15:35Do you want to see where the trolls live?
15:36Yes.
15:37Are you sure?
15:38I don't know.
15:39Ugh.
15:40What is this?
15:41It's all mining equipment.
15:45Gotcha.
15:46The gentleman who had the home built, he liked mining stuff, so he brought all this in.
16:04So Alice, we're ordering up lunch today.
16:09So this was not an actual working mine.
16:13No.
16:14Gotcha.
16:15All right.
16:16What is this?
16:17And why is it here?
16:18This is where my guests stay.
16:19You're a guest.
16:20Why don't you go find your room?
16:21This feels unsafe.
16:22You'll be safe.
16:23You'll be safe.
16:24Hold me to that.
16:25It's okay.
16:26These rocks cave in on me.
16:37My parents will be very disappointed.
16:46This is where my guests stay.
16:49Come on.
16:50You don't take a guest in your house to be devoured by trolls or whatever's happening down
16:55there.
16:56It is dark.
16:57It's a little creepy.
16:59Lift to a level.
17:00Is that an elevator?
17:02I trust Mike.
17:04And so I know nothing bad is about to happen.
17:09Hopefully.
17:10Self-raised?
17:12I was raised in the south.
17:15Let's see.
17:17Ow.
17:18Ow.
17:19Well, that was some commitment to a hallway.
17:24This.
17:25This is more my speed.
17:28Oh, you made it.
17:29Yes.
17:30No thanks to you, sir.
17:32You must have scared the trolls away.
17:34But this is amazing.
17:36Now, is this your room?
17:38This is a guest room.
17:39Oh, man.
17:40I hope you're not disturbed by the mine carts entering the room.
17:44Of course.
17:45The mine carts.
17:46Oh, my gosh.
17:47There's so much commitment to this mine theme.
17:52There's carts.
17:53There's tracks.
17:55There's boxes of explosives.
17:58As one has.
18:01Mike, this is just fantastic.
18:03So tell me, why are you selling?
18:05I'm not that fancy guy that has the fancy house.
18:08I have had offers only for the entire 313 acres.
18:14I can't do that.
18:15I'd like to sell the home and move into the guest house and stay on the property.
18:20I know I found my little piece of heaven here.
18:25Thank you for this wonderful tour.
18:27It was a pleasure.
18:28I appreciate everything.
18:29I wish you best of luck.
18:31Thank you, sir.
18:32Bye, Mike.
18:33Let's see if Mineshaft strikes gold.
18:37The design and decor are certainly unique.
18:41It's rustic cabin meets Mineshaft chic.
18:44All that mining equipment shows impressive commitment.
18:47It's historically accurate with real rocks and actual mining carts.
18:52The house is special.
18:54But what's remarkable is being on 313 acres with five lakes.
18:59This is such a grand property.
19:02These other homes have some serious competition.
19:06Before we announce our winner,
19:08let's check back in with our sellers for any news on their listings.
19:12Poconos Paradise has a few offers but is holding out for more.
19:16Mineshaft awaits the right deal for the house so Mike can keep the land,
19:20while the Staten Island Stenner vets the slew of offers they receive,
19:24but none met the tasking price.
19:28All right, here's my favorite part.
19:30Let's find out who's the wildest.
19:34We've seen three fantastic homes, all unique and wonderfully weird,
19:39but only one can be crowned the wildest.
19:44And...
19:48It's Mineshaft!
19:50Mike!
19:51Hi, Jack, how you doing?
19:52I'm great!
19:53Good to see you.
19:54We did send you a little something in the mail.
19:56Oh, my goodness.
19:57Yeah!
19:58The wildest?
19:59The wildest of the bunch.
20:00Oh, my gosh.
20:01That is so great.
20:03Rock lined hallways, actual mining tools, and carts
20:08meant this rare, imaginative home took us on a journey through time,
20:12hitting the mother load of weird and wonderful.
20:16Many congratulations to you.
20:18Oh, thank you so much.
20:19Oh, thank you so much.
20:20But there's still tons more wild to come.
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