As REALTOR.com prepares to bid adieu to yet another year, let’s take a look back at some of the top celebrity real estate stories and architectural homes of 2011.

10. Petra Ecclestone Buys $150 Million Candy Spelling Manor One of the top celebrity stories in 2011 involved the biggest and most recognizable mansion in Los Angeles, California (pictured above). Home to the late television producer Aaron Spelling and wife Candy, the 55,000-square-foot, 123-room châteauesque manse, known simply as ‘The Manor’, was a hot story in June after 22-year-old Formula One heiress Petra Ecclestone bought the property for $85 million. Despite paying a hefty sum, Ms. Ecclestone got the massive mansion at a considerable discount; on the market for the better part of two years, The Manor previously sported a price tag of $150 million.

9. Taylor Swift Buys Beverly Hills Home As Taylor Swift continued to burn up the music charts at a record-setting pace in 2011, the country pop superstar heated up the home news scene with a pair of property moves this past year. One of which was her cross-country property trek from Nashville, Tennessee to the bright city lights of Beverly Hills, California. Swift found herself the quintessential ‘white picket fence home’ with the purchase of a beautiful East Coast traditional that lies tucked away on 1.37-acres in Franklin Canyon.

8. Jerry Seinfeld Lists Telluride Home for $18.3 Million Veteran funnyman Jerry Seinfeld made waves back in July after putting his massive Telluride, Colorado compound up for sale for $18.7 million. So what exactly does all that “Seinfeld” money buy up in the affluent ski community? An impeccably designed lodge-style dwelling set on roughly 27 acres, with 14,200-square-feet of living space, 11 bedrooms, 12.5 baths and all the trimmings.

7. Nuclear Missile Silo-Turned-Luxury Home Listed For $750k For those bracing for the Zombie Apocalypse or the next rapture, look no further than one of the most unique architectural home stories of the year; a one-time nuclear missile silo that has been reconstituted as a private mountain retreat. Nestled within the confines of Adirondack State Park in Saranac, New York, the subterranean luxury creation known as the ‘Silo Home’ was one of November’s biggest and baddest offerings and the perfect home for someone craving a combination of solitude and design or perhaps even their own personal ‘Bat Cave’.

6. Vera Wang Buys Glass and Steel Mid-Century Modern in Beverly Hills The Mid-Century Modern craze continued to rage on in full force in 2011, and it comes as no surprise that one of the best McMod (not to mention eye-candy) stories of the year was the purchase of a jaw-dropping glass and steel property by fashion designer Vera Wang. Wang shelled out $10 million for stunning the Beverly Hills, California property that overlooks the City of Angels, but we here at REALTOR.com will be the first to tell you that it’s clearly money well spent.

5. Jennifer Aniston Lists Bev Hills House for $42 Million In 2011, it seemed like the entire cast of “Friends” was wheeling and dealing on the real estate market and Jennifer Aniston proved to be no exception. The recently crowned ‘Sexiest Woman of All Time’ had the internet buzzing in May after listing the massive 10,000-square-foot Beverly Hills, California estate – voted REALTOR.com’s Best Celebrity Home of 2011 –for the staggering price of $42 million.

4. Taylor Swift Lists Grand Old Nashville Home for $1.45 Million The second of the Taylor Swift real estate stories to grace REALTOR.com’s 2011 top-10 involved the singer’s Nashville, Tennessee estate. Previously purchased for her parents, the Hollywood-bound Swift created some celebrity real estate buzz after she offered up the Tudor-style home back in July for $1.45 million.

3. Matthew Perry Buys New Home in the Hollywood Hills It wouldn’t be a 2011 celebrity home retrospective without at least one look at all of Matthew Perry’s real estate dealings. Perry’s real estate shuffle over the past year were some of the top stories, but the one stood out the most was his purchase of an awesome Mid-Century modern pad in Los Angeles, California. Whether it’s the sleek design or some of the best views of Sunset Strip that the Hollywood Hills have to offer, Perry certainly proved that he has a keen eye for real estate with the $8.65 million purchase.

2. Not Creepy, Kooky, or Ooky – Charles Addams Family House Listed The month of August brought not only the second-best celebrity home story of the year, but a real blast from the past with the listing the Charles Addams Family House for $839,000. The Westfield Town, New Jersey Colonial has been immaculately preserved and was the Addams Family creator’s residence from 1920-1947, and around the same time that Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Pugsley, Wednesday and Lurch made some of their first appearances in the mainstream media.

1. Brad Pitt Lists Malibu Beach House for $13.75 Million REALTOR.com’s top celebrity story of 2011 comes courtesy of one of the Hollywood’s leading men, actor Brad Pitt, who listed his spectacular Mid-Century Modern abode in Malibu, California in August. The “Moneyball” and “Tree of Life Star” star’s home actually spawned two of the biggest celebrity home stories of the year as it was purchased in December by Ellen Degeneres.

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