When this stunningly huge estate in Alabama was being designed, the owner must have anticipated the rise of Google Earth, because from down there it must be impossible to appreciate that the grounds have been landscaped into the shape of a gigantic guitar.

With a driveway lined with trees casting shadows to portray the frets on the guitar neck, terraced gardens shaped like the body of a guitar, and a main residence larger than many shopping malls, one could easily imagine this being the country hideaway of somebody living off the proceeds of a few number one albums.

However, it wasn’t dreamt up by some megalomaniac rock star on an acid trip, but rather by the former COO of a scandal-plagued healthcare company. Because of his financial problems, Larry House was forced to sell the property in 2003 at a considerable loss, before construction was even finished.

Let’s look at the numbers:

• An estimated $26 million to build the estate;
• 4,645 square metres (50,000 square feet) of living space;
• 27 acres of land;
• 21 bedrooms and 22 bathrooms;
• a 13-car garage;
• a 25-seat home theatre;
• a wine cellar for 2,000 bottles;
• and despite the cost of construction and contents (including many antiques), it sold at auction for just under $4million.

A gallery of the buildings and grounds can be found here, and if this is too lavish for your budget, you could just go with a guitar shaped pool, as previously featured on Google Sightseeing.

It’s been a while since we’ve seen a new something-shaped swimming pool here on Google Sightseeing.

So, just in time for the summer holidays, here’s a swimming pool in the shape of a Baseball bat with a smaller, ball shaped, jacuzzi pool alongside.

Now a golf resort, this hotel was originally built as a spring training camp for the San Francisco Giants. Other baseball related features are the diamond shaped car park (since expanded) and a tower which resembles a baseball cap.

More info on the hotel’s history.

Previous pools: Planes, Dolphins, Guitars, Hearts and Swords.

Thanks: Brett

Yes people, this pair of spermatozoon spermatozoa are each nearly half a mile long! At least, I think they’re sperm cells hugely magnified – it’s that or some sort of crazy elongated guitar art?

Thanks to James Bonnette

At the Memphis-Days Inn At Graceland there’s a big blue guitar (yes, of course it’s a pool – here’s ground-level shots).

And all the way over in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, there’s the Big Golden Guitar, which is exactly that – a big gold guitar. There’s a ground-level picture on the official site of the Big Golden Guitar Tourist Centre, which is the location for Australia’s Tamworth Country Music Festival.

You can see previously-featured guitars here at Google Sightseeing, and I recently read about a huge piano-shaped pool in Florida… Can anyone find it?

Thanks to Mary and our resident Australian expert, woowoowoo.

There’s nothing more Rock n Roll than a swimming pool in the shape of a guitar, so I wonder which rock god owns this pad near L’Estartit in Spain.

Actually, I take that back – having your whole house built into the shape of a guitar is truly Rock n roll, so hats off the the anonymous owner of this guitar house in Fayetteville, Georgia.

Thanks: Paul Raps & Bob Allen