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Longform reporting on where the famous actually live — the neighborhoods, the architecture, the sale records, and the stories that come with them. Every story links through to the home on the Velvet Ropes map.
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Haunted Places in Tennessee: 18 Sites on the RecordThe 18 haunted places in Tennessee worth the drive, from the Bell Witch Cave to Franklin's battlefield houses, each with its records and its place on our map.Inside Kellie Pickler's Former Green Hills HomeThe Tudor-style Green Hills house Kellie Pickler bought new in 2010, shared with songwriter Kyle Jacobs, and sold in May 2024 for $2.3M.Where Does Kelsea Ballerini Live? The Nashville House She Bought From Kacey MusgravesBallerini lives in Glendale, on Nashville's south side, in a house the designer Louisa Pierce drew for herself and Kacey Musgraves called her healing house. The county record behind that sale, the 2 Nashville homes before it, and the vanished trolley park her neighborhood was cut out of.Davante Adams's House: The Ridges in Las Vegas, and the Danville House He KeptDavante Adams plays for the Rams now, and the Las Vegas house whose deed recorded 11 days after the Raiders trade is on the market. What the Clark County and Contra Costa County rolls say about both homes, the desert the Hughes heirs held for 50 years, and the De Pere house he sold on the way out of Green Bay.Where Does Derrick Henry Live? The Nashville and Dallas Homes He SoldDerrick Henry has played for the Baltimore Ravens since 2024. The Green Hills house in Nashville sold that November, the Dallas house followed in March 2025, and the Davidson County record corrects most of what was written about the first one.Where Madelyn Cline Calls Home, From Goose Creek to the Cameron EstateMadelyn Cline keeps her own address off the record. We trace her Goose Creek roots, her move west, and the 1786 Charleston estate that plays her on-screen home.Chris Stapleton's House: From West Nashville to a Leiper's Fork FarmChris Stapleton sold a 1940 house in west Nashville in January 2017 and bought a farm of more than 300 acres near Leiper's Fork weeks later. The deeds, the village, and the log-cabin shop his wife runs there.Nicole Brown Simpson's Condominium on Bundy Drive Still StandsNicole Brown Simpson's Brentwood condominium was never demolished. Her life, the June 1994 murders, the court verdicts, and what became of the building.O.J. Simpson's Rockingham Estate and the House on Bundy DriveHow O.J. Simpson's Rockingham estate went from Bronco chase backdrop to a cleared lot, and what became of Nicole Brown Simpson's condominium on Bundy Drive.Inside David Bromstad's Winter Park HouseDavid Bromstad spent years finding houses for lottery winners. The story of the Winter Park Tudor he bought on camera in 2021, then rebuilt after a flood.Inside Lamar Jackson's Owings Mills HomeThe Ravens quarterback bought a brick house in Owings Mills as a rookie in 2018, moved his mother in, and stayed through 2 MVP awards and a $260M deal.Reba McEntire's House: Starstruck Farm, Beverly Park, and the Chockie RanchReba McEntire held 3 places at once, and no 2 of them were alike: a 1960 mansion on Old Hickory Lake in Lebanon, a North Beverly Park estate she sold for $22.5M in 2015, and the Atoka County ranch her father grew from 40 acres. The record on all 3.Inside Patrick Mahomes' Kansas City HomesPatrick Mahomes went from a rookie-year penthouse near the Country Club Plaza to a 1953 ranch by the state line. Here is the story of both Kansas City homes.Inside Luke Bryan's Tennessee Farm and His Florida Beach HouseLuke Bryan built Red Bird Farm on 150 acres of Williamson County and spent 11 years remaking a 1994 house on Florida's 30A that his family called Snowman. Here is the story of both.Jamie Foxx's Houses: The Hidden Valley Estate in Thousand Oaks and the Tarzana FoxxholeJamie Foxx bought 40 acres in Hidden Valley, Ventura County, in May 2007. The county plan that keeps the valley in ranches, the deed recorded on his parcel in July 2026, the night a pickup burned outside his gate, and the 1949 Tarzana house whose basketball court said Foxxhole.Inside Rachel Maddow's Massachusetts Farmhouse and West Village Co-opHow Rachel Maddow landed a pre-Civil War farmhouse in the Massachusetts hilltowns, and what became of the West Village co-op she bought from Michael Stipe.Where Does Laura Ingraham Live? Inside Her McLean, Virginia Home BaseLaura Ingraham hosts Fox News prime time from McLean, Virginia, the Potomac suburb where Washington parks its most careful residents. Here is how she got there.Inside Dave Ramsey’s Franklin Estate: The House He Built With CashDave Ramsey built a chateau on a Franklin hilltop and never borrowed a dime, then sold it in 2021. The story of the house, the land, and what came next.Nancy Pelosi's House: Pacific Heights, a St. Helena Vineyard, and a Georgetown CondoWhere Nancy Pelosi lives as her last term in Congress runs out: the 1938 Pacific Heights house she bought in 2007, the Napa Valley vineyard an architect built for herself in 1983, the Georgetown condo on the Potomac, and the $23.9M mansion that was never hers.Garth Brooks' House: A Full List of His and Trisha Yearwood's Homes in Nashville, Oklahoma, and MalibuGarth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood have held 4 addresses between them since 1990: a Goodlettsville farm that keeps growing by the deed, a decade in the Tulsa suburbs, a Malibu house sold in 2016, and the Brentwood manor where her cooking show was shot.Cielo Drive to Corcoran: 14 Places That Trace the Manson Family MurdersThe houses, ranches, and courtrooms of the 1969 Manson Family murders, from Benedict Canyon to Death Valley, and what stands at each of those places today.Inside Joel Osteen's River Oaks MansionJoel Osteen preaches to one of the largest congregations in America and lives in River Oaks. The story of the house, the move from Tanglewood, and who pays the taxes.Nashville Tours of Stars Homes: The DIY Driving RouteA self-guided Nashville celebrity home route, Midtown out to Leiper's Fork. What is visible from a public road, what is not, and the parkway closure rerouting the drive into 2027.Dolly Parton's House: Willow Lake Plantation in BrentwoodDolly Parton died on August 25, 2026, at 80. The Brentwood estate she and Carl Dean built in 1972, the name she gave it, the county records behind the acreage dispute, and the Glencliff house they kept until 1996.Celebrity Homes in Nashville: Who Lives WhereWhere Nashville's stars live: 27 celebrity homes across Belle Meade, Forest Hills, Brentwood, Franklin, and the farm towns beyond, mapped by Velvet Ropes.T.D. Jakes' Houses: The Fort Worth Estate and the White Rock Lake MansionHow Bishop T.D. Jakes traded his mansion on Dallas's White Rock Lake for a gated Fort Worth compound, and what both houses say about the business of the pulpit.The Chrisleys' Nashville Homes: Belle Meade, Brentwood, and BackTodd and Julie Chrisley moved from Atlanta to Nashville in 2016, traded up to a Brentwood estate in 2019, and sold it from prison in 2023. What the Davidson County record shows about the house they came back to.Khloe Kardashian's Houses: Calabasas, Cleveland, and the Hidden Hills Build Beside Kris JennerHow Khloe Kardashian moved from Justin Bieber's old Calabasas house to a matching Hidden Hills build beside Kris Jenner, with a Lake Erie chapter in between.Inside Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' Pound Ridge HouseBlake Lively and Ryan Reynolds run family life from an 1860s farmstead in Pound Ridge, New York. Here is the house, the town, and how the couple landed there.Carrie Underwood's House: The 400 Acres in Franklin and the 3 Homes Before ItCarrie Underwood and Mike Fisher bought 354 raw acres in western Williamson County in 2011, added 50 more, and lived in a barn while the house went up. What that ground cost then, what it costs now, the night the garage burned, and the 3 homes that came first.Miley Cyrus's Houses: The Malibu House That Burned and the Franklin FarmThe turquoise house in Ramirez Canyon was hers. The house that burned in the Woolsey Fire was the one next door. What happened to both, to the Franklin farm where she married 6 weeks later, and to the 2 Hidden Hills places in between.Where Does Eminem Live? Inside His 2 Michigan MansionsEminem never left Metro Detroit. Inside his gated Clinton Township estate, the break-ins that tested it, and the Rochester Hills mansion he sold at a loss.Nicole Kidman's House in Los Angeles and Nashville: Which One She Comes Home ToKidman lives in Nashville and keeps the Beverly Hills house as a West Coast base. What the Davidson County parcel roll shows about the 2 lots behind the Northumberland gate, the Franklin farm she and Keith Urban sold in 2018, and why the addresses get mixed up.Reese Witherspoon's House: Her Nashville, Tennessee Estate and the Los Angeles Homes She SoldWitherspoon paid $18M off market in 2022 for a custom-built Nashville estate, then sold out of Los Angeles. The Nashville addresses she kept, the ones she flipped, and the canyon history behind her old Brentwood house.Kid Rock's Nashville Homes: The West End Condo and the Whites Creek White HouseKid Rock bought a gated West End condo in 2005, then assembled 186 acres in Whites Creek, lived in a double-wide, and built a White House replica on the ridge.Oprah Winfrey's Houses: A Map of the Promised Land and BeyondHow Oprah Winfrey built her map: the Promised Land in Montecito, a Telluride chalet, the Orcas Island estate she sold, and more than 1,000 acres on Maui.Taylor Swift's Nashville House and Her Nashville HangoutsThe Midtown penthouse Swift bought at 20, the Forest Hills estate she added in 2011, and the Nashville places she named herself: Radnor Lake, Fido, the Bluebird, and 12 South.Beverly Hills Celebrity Homes Map: Who Lives Where18 celebrity homes, 15 of them with a Beverly Hills address, sorted by which side of the city line they sit on: the flats, the hills north of Sunset, Trousdale Estates, and the Los Angeles canyons that only share the ZIP code. Mapped by Velvet Ropes.Where the Kardashians Live: A Map of the Family's Calabasas and Hidden Hills HomesFrom Kim's Hidden Hills compound to Caitlyn's Malibu hilltop, a member by member map of where the Kardashians and Jenners live and how each house traded hands.Celebrity Addresses: The Legitimate Ways to Find ThemFan mail through representation, IMDb Pro, public records, and tours running since 1935. The legitimate ways to reach a celebrity, with the line drawn plainly.Hollywood Stars Homes Map: Where the Stars LiveMost Hollywood stars do not live in Hollywood. Where the money went instead, why the paper star map has been unreliable for as long as it has been sold, what the bus tours cost, and how the Velvet Ropes map of Los Angeles handles the addresses.