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Cal Ripken’s Field of Dreams Tops This Week’s Most Popular Homes

When it comes to boffo backyard amenities, we’ve seen pools resembling water parks, private ponds stocked with koi, and even zip lines for the thrill-seekers among us. However, we haven’t seen many homes with full-on baseball diamonds in back. But a “Field of Dreams”–style diamond turns out to be only part of the reason behind this week’s most popular home on realtor.com®.

The home belongs to none other than Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. His $12.5 million estate in Maryland stepped up to the plate just over a week ago and has already hit a grand slam in terms of popularity. Ripken’s custom-built mansion also features a basketball court (with locker room!) and home theater (with ticket booth!). It’s true baller status befitting the sport’s all-time Iron Man.

But if you’re aiming for baller status on a budget, you could do worse than this week’s runner-up. Known as the country’s biggest fixer-upper, the unfinished 64,000-square-foot Texas megamansion could, with ample amounts of elbow grease and home improvement cash, be converted into something rivaling Ripken’s manse. Maybe.

Outside of the mansions ruling this week’s top three spots, we found a round home with curve appeal, a Victorian restoration in Kentucky, and a cool Connecticut Colonial dating to 1774.

For a full look at the most popular properties, scroll down this list.

10. 26 Beverly Pl, Munster, IN

Price: $314,900
Why it’s here: Straddling the state line between Indiana and Illinois, this beautiful brick house is our bargain pick of the week. With over 3,300 square feet of living space, the cost per square foot for this clean and charming home is a mere $94.

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9. 3960 Mesa Ave, Sarasota, FL

Price: $195,000
Why it’s here: Featured in our recent look at Ranch-style homes priced below $200,000, this three-bedroom charmer is a perfect starter home in the Sunshine State.

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8. Undisclosed address, Festus, MO

Price: $349,900
Why it’s here: It’s the cave dwelling! Still garnering clicks after a month on the market, this underground hit has gone mainstream.

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7. 146 Windwood Dr, Pine Township Nal, PA

Price: $549,000
Why it’s here: Our recent roundup of round homes for sale across the country meant the clicks rolled in for this curvy Pennsylvania stunner. Surrounded by a gorgeous water garden, this five-bedroom home caused buyers to do a double take.

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6. 404 Overton St, Newport, KY

Price: $219,500
Why it’s here: Right across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, this fully renovated two-bedroom home shows like it’s brand-new. Built in 1892, the pint-size Victorian has undergone a full reboot and sits alongside four similar homes in the city’s historic neighborhood.

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5. 1800 Lake Rd, Ponca City, OK

Price: $985,000
Why it’s here: Listing agent Liz Greene told us this custom-built home had an offer on the table even before it hit the market. While the offer wasn’t accepted (yet!), she’s had a lot of interest in the place she referred to multiple times as “simply gorgeous.”

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4. 46 West St, Newtown, CT

Price: $529,000
Why it’s here: Built in 1774, this Colonial is known as the Zachariah Clarke House. While the home is now in its fourth century of existence, the interiors of this five-bedroom home are modern and up to date. A recent $10,000 price cut sparked a new wave of interest in this historic home.

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3. 3535 Niewoehner Rd, Richmond, IN

Price: $2,300,000
Why it’s here: This 10,000-square-foot mansion is three times the cost of the second most expensive home ($799,000) in Richmond. On 78 wooded acres of land, it’s also one of the 50 priciest properties for sale in Indiana.

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2. 2354 County Road 59, Manvel, TX

Price: $3,600,000
Why it’s here: Resurgent interest in the country’s biggest fixer-upper propelled it into the runner-up spot this week. Whether popularity will help pinpoint a buyer for this partly finished 64,000-square-foot structure is another story.

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1. 13301 Dover Rd, Reisterstown, MD

Price: $12,500,000
Why it’s here: It’s the estate of MLB great Cal Ripken Jr.! The 24-acre spread comes with all the standard pro athlete attributes: a huge movie theater, a gigantic home gym, and a private pond on the grounds. What sets it apart from a garden-variety pro ballplayer mansion? Well, the full-size baseball diamond out back, of course. If you want to take grounders on your own private infield with a tie to a Hall of Famer, look no further.

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