Jane Fonda's Sprawling Former Santa Fe Ranch

Actress Jane Fonda purchased Forked Lightning Ranch when she was splitting from husband Ted Turner with whom she learned to fly fish. As she knew she'd miss it, she chose a property on 3.5 miles of the Pecos River and continued to fish. Though Fonda eventually sold the property in 2015 for a cool $19.5 million to an undisclosed buyer, it remains a gorgeous property that defines New Mexico's unique beauty.

The hearths for the home's fireplaces were created in the likeness of older New Mexico homes. The walls are painted in a high-gloss finish, known as diamond-point plaster because of its luster, and the floors are mismatched bricks, also a distinctive feature of homes in the area. The elk is from Ted.

Fonda's goal was that the design of her home reflect the architecture of the past. Consequently, when friend Robert Redford visited he remarked that he assumed the home had been around for 100 years.

Finding the right beams for the ceilings, which are all reclaimed wood, was a painstaking process but the result was well worth the effort.