We found palaces and castles all over the globe in a range of design styles. Whatever reason you're wanting to learn more about the world's biggest homes-to make yourself jealous or to daydream-we've got you covered. Or if you've recently watched Saltburn, maybe you have a different idea of what to do in a gigantic estate. Are they the perfect backdrops for your fantasy of running down a lavish hall in slow motion like in every period piece you've ever seen? Oh, yes. Are a lot of them owned by royalty? Obviously. Do they all seem a bit like overkill for a single family? Sure. These types of houses-if you can even call them that-put your run-of-the-mill McMansions to shame.
So when you want to glimpse inside the biggest houses in the world, we're more than happy to give you a tour. From Chip and Joanna Gaines's iconic Cottonland castle to a remote fortress in Scotland, big houses pique our curiosity like nothing else. Castles and mansions exist in a category all their own. We can't resist getting to see things we don't normally have access to-that's why home tours are so popular! And you know what they say: the bigger, the better. There's a reason we love walking through open houses even when we're not planning to move and quickly peeking in other people's windows as we walk by their homes-from a noncreepy distance, of course.
