Tour Frank Lloyd Wright's Winslow House

The pretty symmetry of the Winslow, seen here in this illuminated exterior shot. We can't help noting a bit of movie trivia about River Forest: Chris Columbus, the director who brought the magic to the first two Harry Potter films, had a home in the neighborhood.

According to the listing, there's a carriage house, suitable for in-laws, on the grounds. A horse stable received the modern treatment, now updated as a parking space.

"In the end, he is asking us not just to live and like his houses the way an artist might want you to like his paintings. He's asking you to rethink what a house is, and how we live," said filmmaker Ken Burns about his 1998 documentary Frank Lloyd Wright produced with Lynn Novick.

The house's lineage includes five previous owners: The Walkers bought the 5,038-square-foot River Forest commission in 1958, when Wright was somewhat out of favor with the intelligentsia, said Peter Walker, son of the late William S. Walker, a Chicago-born big band arranger and Mad Men-era jingle writer remembered for A&W root beer and Wrigley's chewing gum spots. "My father loved Frank Lloyd Wright and wanted to own one of his houses," he said.