Editor’s note: This article compiled with data and photos provided by Zillow.

A mix of celebrity and private luxury single-family (if you can call the White House single-family) residences made up the top 10 most-viewed homes on Zillow in 2011. Half of the top 10 are found in a cluster around New York City, and the other five range
from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles.

Topping the list, at a Zillow-estimated $467,400 listing price, the lowest-priced home in the top 10 list is the notorious "Jersey Shore" house, where MTV filmed the first season of the reality TV phenomenon. People must have been curious where
"
Snooki" and "The Situation" (nicknames for a couple of the show’s stars) first entered
public life.

The White House is No. 8 on the list, but is by far the most expensive, with a Zillow-estimated $261.76 million value. The Woolworth’s retail magnate Frank Woolworth built
a French Gothic-styled Upper East Side townhouse, ranking No. 3 on the list, for his daughter Helena, which is going for a mind-boggling $90 million.

An art gallery resides in a beautifully landscaped, sleek and ultramodern Santa Barbara, Calif., home, No. 4 on the list, priced at just under $20 million. No. 6 is the gaudy and notorious Champ d’Or Estate in Hickory Creek, Texas, which was modeled on a chateau just outside Paris (in France — not Paris, Texas).

Apparently, it’s been on the market since 2003 and can’t sell, which could be because of its $58 million list price, or its overgilded aura — or both.

Rap mogul Fifty Cent’s sprawling 50,000-square-foot Connecticut mansion and its 21 bedrooms makes the list at No. 5, and is priced just under $10 million — which, on this list, may seem like a comparative bargain.

Location: Seaside Heights, N.J.

 

Listing Price (Zillow Estimate) $467,400
Bed/Bath 6/3
Square Feet 1,896

Seaside Heights

1209 Ocean Terrace, Seaside Heights, N.J. Image courtesy of Zillow.

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Location: Los Angeles, Calif.

 

Listing Price $49.5 million
Bed/Bath 9/13
Square Feet 36,000

Two

9577 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. Image courtesy of Zillow.

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Location: New York City, N.Y.

 

Listing Price $90 million
Bed/Bath –/–
Square Feet 19,950

Three

4 E. 80th St., New York, N.Y. Image courtesy of Zillow.

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Location: Santa Barbara, Calif.

 

Listing Price $20 million
Bed/Bath 5/5.5
Square Feet 13,875

Four

(Undisclosed address) Santa Barbara, Calif. Image courtesy of Zillow.

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Location: Farmington, Conn.

 

Listing Price $10 million
Bed/Bath 21/25
Square Feet 48,515

Five

50 Poplar Hill Dr., Farmington, Conn. Image courtesy of Zillow.

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Location: Water Mill, N.Y.

 

Listing Price $58.5 million
Bed/Bath 8/10
Square Feet 20,000

Six

(Undisclosed Address) Water Mill, N.Y. Image courtesy of Zillow.

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Location: Montville, N.J.

 

Listing Price $1.64 million
Bed/Bath 6/6.5
Square Feet 13,500

8 Pond View, Montville, N.J. Image courtesy of Zillow.

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Location: Washington, D.C.

 

Listing Price (Zillow Estimate) $261.76 million
Bed/Bath 16/35
Square Feet 55,000

Eight

1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. Image courtesy of Zillow.

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Location: Meeker, Colo.

 

Listing Price N/A
Bed/Bath 8/11.5
Square Feet 13,907


36843 County Road 17, Meeker, Colo. Image courtesy
of Zillow.

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Location: Hickory Creek, Texas

 

Listing Price $35 million
Bed/Bath 6/10
Square Feet 36,630

Ten

1851 Turbeville Road, Hickory Creek, Texas. Image courtesy of Zillow.

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Inman News reporter Paul Hagey compiled this report.

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