Ghost of a flea

The massive Virginia estate is centered around a brick manor house designed, at least "substantially," by none other than President Thomas Jefferson. Located just 120 miles from Jefferson's masterpiece, Monticello, the mansion boasts seven bedrooms and seven bathrooms, while the listing has all sorts of superlatives to support the sale. "The oldest continuous agricultural operation in the U.S.," the auctioneers declare. "Shakespeare's daughter and a survivor of the Titanic each had a part of this breathtaking plantation's history."