A lottery winner is selling his 16,000-square-foot mountain home that sits on 845 acres on Little San Gorgonio Mountain in Oak Glen, California, for $26 million.
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The owner, Rick Knudsen, won the $180 million California Mega Millions jackpot in 2014, quit his job, and bought the $5.5 million home, which wasn't yet finished and sat on about 50 acres at the time.
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Knudsen went on to spend millions more on an adjacent 155-acre buffalo ranch and another 640-acre piece of land, as well as a steakhouse and saloon in town. It cost him about $11.5 million total.
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Now, he's selling the massive estate, which sprawls over 845 acres with views spanning from Little San Gorgonio to Mount San Jacinto, the San Gabriel Mountains, Salton Sea, and to Catalina.
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Called Eagle Crest, the mountain estate is the only private property in Southern California that sits at a 9,000-foot elevation.
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The listing calls it "Southern California's most exclusive and elevated mountain estate."
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The great room features vaulted ceilings with tall windows, and plenty of comfortable places to sit.
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Several fireplaces are scattered throughout the home, including in the dining room ...
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The owner of the house said he's ready to sell because he's "a little bit bored" after completing the estate, and ready to move onto another project.
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Adjacent to the mountaintop home is a fully-functional buffalo ranch that comes with two barns and a one-bedroom, one-bathroom caretaker's home.
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About 45 grass- and apple-fed buffalo roam there, to be served later at the steakhouse included in the estate.
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The $180 million package also includes property in the nearby town of Oak Glen, including the Oak Glen Steakhouse and Saloon, which the lottery winner bought in 2015 and completely renovated.
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In the same building as the steakhouse is the saloon, with a full-service bar, HD TVs, and live music.
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... which includes a roughly one-acre parcel of fully-landscaped land with waterfalls, ponds, and an apple orchard.
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