'Spy-Proof' Estate | NBA Star's Home | 'Motown Mansion' | This Week's Top Wow! Houses

If you lock your doors at night before you go to bed, chances are you're safe from whatever dangers may befall you on any given night. That's not the case for a CIA contractor. So one had his home "spy-proofed" to keep out any unwanted intruders at any given time. A tech company owner who does work for the NSA and CIA just put his gated home in the Washington, D.C., suburbs up for sale.

That home leads up our round up of the most amazing Wow! Houses we've seen across the Patch network this week.

Take a look:

Spy-Proof Estate Built by CIA Contractor on Market for $4.25M

Most multi-million-dollar estate owners want their privacy, away from gawkers trying to peek at the inhabitants behind the gates. But a tech company owner who does work for the National Security Agency and the CIA has put his gated manor house — with a spy-proof roof — on the market in Anne Arundel County.

Berry Gordy Jr.’s Motown Mansion Is For Sale

The walls of this Italianate mansion in Detroit’s Boston-Edison Historic District are more likely to sing than talk. And, oh, what songs and stories they would sing and tell! Legendary Motown founder and songwriter Berry Gordy Jr. bought the mansion in 1967 and lived there full-time from 1967 until the early 1970s, when he moved to Los Angeles.

He used the mansion as his home base when business brought him back home to Detroit until 2002, when he sold the property to current owner Cynthia Reaves, who has won awards for her classic restoration of the property.

Stephen Curry Is Selling the Walnut Creek Mansion He Scored Last Year

Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry listed his 7,500-square-foot mansion in Walnut Creek, CA, for $3.7 million, after purchasing the home last year for $3.2 million.

Curry and his wife, Ayesha, recently purchased a 10,290-square-foot mansion in the nearby town of Alamo for $5.7 million.

Halloween House: A Landmark Linked to the Black Dahlia Murder

The ultimate Halloween WOW House is easily one of the spookiest and fascinating to ever hit the market in Los Angeles.

The John Sowden House built by Frank Lloyd T. Wright, Jr. is an architectural and historic landmark. Like much of Lloyd Wright’s work, it’s quintessential to the tale of LA architecture. But it’s also tied to a much darker part of LA’s story - the infamous Black Dahlia murder.

18-Acre Oswego 'Doll House' With In-Ground Pool

Want a place where you can just get away from it all? With this home, you’ll have 18 acres of luxury and solitude.

Featuring five bedrooms, five bathrooms and an in-ground pool, this home is the epitome of class. OK, it does look a little too much like a doll house in some rooms, but if you can afford this home, you can afford to remodel.

All photos courtesy of Realtor.com