Location: Emerald Island, New York
Purchased: $775,000*
Current Value: $1.2 million*

Brooke Shields lived on Emerald Island for years, and she owned a home there, designed by the famous architect Stanford White. The actress’s house is worth over $1 million today, and the island that houses it is located in Chazy Lake, a park in the Adirondacks.

The house sits on nearly nine acres of land, and it has cozy fireplaces and beautiful woodwork throughout (Stanford White’s specialty). The home is surrounded by a tree-lined, private causeway, making this a true private hideaway for the actress, who became famous, ironically, playing a girl who had been shipwrecked on a remote island.