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Bill Gates is the richest man in the world, as of 2104. He is a co-founder of Microsoft, and he, along with his wife Melinda, have been the most charitable people ever, giving away over $28 billion of their wealth. Bill Gates owns numerous properties around the world. His primary residence is built into the hillside overlooking Lake Washington in Media, WA, close to the Microsoft campus. Other properties include a ranch in Cody, WY, a house on Jupiter Island, FL, a house in Indian Wells, CA, and a house in Wellington, FL.

These are the Louisiana locations of the members of the Duck Commander family, including Willie Robertson, Jase Robertson, Jep Robertson and Silas Robertson. The family is the focus of the TV reality show Duck Dynasty on A&E.

This is the route taken by Sir John Franklin's expedition through the arctic to find the Northwest Passage from Europe to Asia. The red line connects various key locations in order, but isn't reflective of the sailing route. Franklin's expedition left with 134 men and two ships, the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. After two years at sea, they were trapped in the ice. Eventually, all men perished. The remains of the boats were finally found in 2014 (HMS Erebus) and 2016 (HMS Terror). The story is fictionalized in Dan Simmon's "The Terror" (2007), and adapted for television on AMC TV in 2018.

The Kardashian family, which includes Kris, Bruce (Jenner), Kourtney, Kim and Khloe own numerous real estates around the world, including the 20 locations below that are featured on VirtualGlobetrotting.

Kourtney Kardashian is an American TV personality, model, entrepreneur and designer. She, along with her family, are stars of the reality television show "Keeping Up With The Kardashains". Kourtney, along with her partner Scott Disick, have owned several properties in the Calabasas, California area.

Mad Men is an American television series on AMC, set in the 1960s. This is a collection of some of the actors' and actresses' homes, including Jon Hamm, who plays the lead character "Don Draper". His home in LA as well as his New York apartment are shown. His wife in the series is played by January Jones. Don's coworker Pete Campbell is played by Vincent Kartheiser. In addition to the actor's homes, a few Mad Men filming locations are shown. Don and Betty's house on the show can be found in Pasadena, CA. Two other locations, a Howard Johnsons and the Quality Cafe, were also featured in two episodes.

Michael Jordan is an American retired NBA basketball player, one of the greatest of all time. "Air Jordan" played for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards, and was part of the 1992 United States Olympic basketball team, the "Dream Team". Michael Jordan's net worth is estimated to be over $650 million dollars, and he owns numerous properties around the world. The seven United States properties featured on this site are in Illinois, Florida and North Carolina.

Mythbusters is a television series produced for the Discovery Channel, and is one of the longest series currently in production for them, having filmed 12 seasons. The show features two hosts, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, special effects experts who use parts of the scientific method to test myths. A second "build team" of Tory Belleci, Kari Byron and Grant Imahara also test myths. This collection features 14 of the television show's filming locations, including M5 Industries, Alameda County Sheriff's Department Explosive Ordnance Disposal Range and the Chabot Gun Club. Most of the filming locations are in and around the San Francisco bay area, though the teams travel to other parts of the US for some myths.

Pawn Stars is an American reality television series on History featuring the daily business of a Pawn Shop, filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada. This collection shows where the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop is located as well as some additional locations the TV show shoots at, such as Rick's Restorations. This collection also contains the primary residences of Richard "Rick" Harrison, his son Corey "Big Hoss", and family friend Austin "Chumlee" Russell.

Tiger Woods is one of the most successful professional golfers of all time. He has over 70 PGA victories at 14 majors including four PGA Championships and Masters each. He has been one of the highest paid athletes for several years. These are all of Tiger Woods' houses that are featured on VirtualGlobetrotting, including locations in Florida, California, New York and the Bahamas.

Will Smith is an award-winning American rapper, actor and musician. He owns numerous properties around the world, including two homes in California and a house in Pennsylvania near where he grew up.