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Peek inside Bill Gates' $124 million mansion Xanadu 2.0

With a net worth of $82.2 billion, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is the richest man in America.

It shouldn't be too surprising that one of the wealthiest people in the world also has an insanely extravagant home.

It took Gates seven years and $63 million to build his Medina, Washington, estate, named "Xanadu 2.0" after the fictional home of Charles Foster Kane, the title character of "Citizen Kane."

At 66,000 square feet, the home is absolutely massive, and it's loaded to the brim with high-tech details.

Xanadu 2.0 is an 'earth-sheltered' house, meaning that it's built into its surroundings to regulate temperature more efficiently.

The artwork on walls can be changed with just the touch of a button. Situated around the house are $80,000 worth of computer screens.

Anyone can make the screens display their favorite paintings or photographs, which are stored on devices worth $150,000.

The 60-foot pool is in its own separate, 3,900-square-foot building — the large brown building in the photo above.

People in the pool could swim underneath a glass wall to come up to a terrace area on the outside.

There's also a locker room with four showers and two baths.

Trampoline room

No word on how big the trampoline is, but we can imagine it would be a fun alternative to your standard exercise routine.

The exercise facilities total 2,500 square feet and also include a sauna, steam room, and separate men's and women's locker rooms.

The 2,100-square-foot library has a dome roof and two secret bookcases, including one that reveals a hidden bar.

On the ceiling you'll find a quote from "The Great Gatsby" that reads: "He had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it."

The library is also home to the Codex Leicester, a 16th-century Leonardo da Vinci manuscript that Gates bought at auction for $30.8 million in 1994.


Gates' favourite maple tree

He reportedly became fond of a 40-year-old maple tree that grew close to the home's driveway.

It's monitored by computer, and if at any point it becomes too dry, water is automatically pumped into it.

There are several different garages at different points around the property.

The most interesting one, however, is an underground cave made out of concrete and stainless steel.

That garage alone can park 10 cars. Some of the concrete was purposely broken to give it a rough, "deconstructivist" look.The lakefront shore contains sand that's delivered in large quantities by a barge from St. Lucia each year.

The 2,300-square-foot hall could seat up to 150 people for a dinner party, or 200 people standing up at a cocktail event.

A 6-foot-wide limestone fireplace dominates one wall, while another wall has a 22-foot-wide video screen.