Southern Charm, Horse Stables, Pool House: Illinois Wow! House Roundup

Are you in the market for a new home or just a real estate buff? Here’s a look at some of the properties making a splash in Chicagoland.

Looking for something upscale, but with some rustic charm? Dubbed a "Southern belle in the Midwest," this mansion has custom features, a private hideaway office with its own deck and a large patio with view of a waterfall pond and beautiful woods: $1M Minooka Wow House Brings Southern Charm to Midwest

Talk about a room with a view! This home boasts "endless windows," plus an in-ground pool, pool house and even a pub: Private Pool House, Pub Room and Endless Windows In Oak Brook

This stately Glen Ellyn home has a half-acre yard with koi ponds and cascading waterfalls — plus a replica playhouse built to look just like the Victorian home: Century-Old Queen Anne Estate With Koi Pond and Miniature Replica Playhouse

This home, located on Lake Michigan, offers some notoriety — and a discount. With everything from an elevator to a sauna, exercise room and a movie theater, the price has recently been slashed on this home: $1.4M Price Cut On Wilmette Lakefront Mansion Of CEO Charged In 'Largest Criminal Tax Fraud In History'

This McHenry mansion is perfect for horse lovers, with its own stables and private pasture, plus gorgeous lake views: Mansion On Private Lake Has Horse Pastures, Stables, Access To Chain O' Lakes: Wow! House

Illinois Homes for Sale

Still want more? Browse homes for sale in the Chicago area:

North Shore and North Suburbs

• Deerfield
• Evanston
• Glenview
• Highland Park
• Lake Forest
• Niles-Morton Grove
• Northbrook
• Skokie
• Wilmette-Kenilworth
• Winnetka-Glencoe

Northwest Suburbs

• Algonquin
• Arlington Heights
• Barrington
• Buffalo Grove
• Crystal Lake
• Elgin
• Grayslake
• Huntley
• Lake Zurich
• Libertyville
• Palatine
• Park Ridge
• Vernon Hills

West Suburbs

• Aurora
• Batavia
• Burr Ridge
• Darien
• Des Plaines
• Downers Grove
• Elmhurst
• Forest Park
• Geneva
• Glen Ellyn
• Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills
• La Grange
• Lisle
• Naperville
• Oak Brook
• Oak Park
• St. Charles
• Wheaton
• Western Springs
• Woodridge

South Suburbs and South Side

• Alsip-Crestwood
• Beverly-Mount Greenwood
• Chicago Heights
• Evergreen Park
• Frankfort
• Homewood-Flossmoor
• Mokena
• New Lenox
• Oak Forest
• Oak Lawn
• Orland Park
• Palos
• Chicago's South Side
• Tinley Park

Southwest Suburbs

• Channahon-Minooka
• Homer Glen-Lockport
• Joliet
• Lemont
• Manhattan
• Oswego
• Montgomery
• Shorewood
• Yorkville

Chicago Neighborhoods

• Downtown Chicago
• Bucktown-Wicker Park
• Hyde Park
• Lake View
• Lincoln Park
• Lincoln Square
• North Center-Roscoe Village