What You Get for the Money

Mike Siegel is touring America to check out homes that were valued at $700,000 in 2006. There's a fishing cabin that became a luxury lake house in Clinton, Mississippi, a Mediterranean-style house in Henderson, Nevada, and more.

Mike Siegel is touring America to check out homes that were valued at $2 million in 2006. There's a home in Palm Springs, California, with a pool and dive-in movie theater, a 120-year-old home in Little Rock, Arkansas, and more.

Mike Siegel is touring America to check out homes that were valued at $500,000 in 2006. There's a remodel in Los Angeles, a bachelor pad in Fredericksburg, Texas, a family home in a great neighborhood in Oklahoma City and more.

Mike Siegel is touring America to check out homes that were valued at $1 million in 2006. There's a midcentury modern stunner in Palm Springs, California, a plantation-style home in Shreveport, Louisiana, and more.

Mike Siegel is touring America to check out homes that were valued at $500,000 in 2006. There's a midcentury modern ranch surrounded by trees in Knoxville, Tennessee, a condo on the beach in Savannah, Georgia, and more.

Mike Siegel is touring America to check out homes that were valued at $800,000 in 2006. There's a Spanish-style bungalow in Miami, a 1906 adobe house in Tucson, Arizona, and more.

Mike Siegel is touring America to check out homes that were valued at $200,000 in 2006. There's a converted piano warehouse near St. Louis, a condo with an easy commute near Boston and more.

Mike Siegel is touring America to check out homes that were valued at $800,000 in 2006. There's an Italian villa near Indianapolis, a converted church in Ellicott City, Maryland, a 1930s Colonial in Madison, Wisconsin and more.

Mike Siegel is touring America to check out homes that were valued at $600,000 in 2006. There's an eclectic home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a custom contemporary with a massive back deck in Indianapolis and more.

Mike Siegel is touring America to check out homes that were valued at $400,000 in 2006. There's a chic loft in Chicago, an updated midcentury ranch in Dallas, a sliding glass wall in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and more.

Mike Siegel is touring America to check out homes that were valued at $400,000 in 2006. There's a pink house in Charleston, SC, a downtown loft in Knoxville, TN, a midcentury modern ranch in Austin, TX, and more.

Mike Siegel is touring America to check out homes that were valued at $300,000 in 2006. There's a condo in Atlanta with hidden amenities, a home with a sleeping porch in Little Rock, Arkansas, and more.

Mike Siegel is touring America to check out homes that were valued at $600,000 in 2006. There's a house that backs up to the desert in Tucson, Arizona, an artist's cottage in Charleston, South Carolina, and more.

Mike Siegel is touring America to check out homes that were valued at $1.5 million in 2006. There's a rustic lodge near Portland, Maine, the perfect place for indoor/outdoor living in San Diego and more.

Mike Siegel is touring America and checking out homes that were valued at $900,000 in 2006. There’s a quirky Colonial in St. Louis, an elegantly designed five-bedroom home in Gainesville, Florida, and more.

Mike Siegel is touring America and checking out homes that were valued at $1 million in 2006. There’s an elegant, modern mansion in Nashville, a Scandinavian-flavored home in Madsion, Wisconsin, and more.

Mike Siegel is touring America and checking out homes that were valued at $500,000 in 2006. There’s a midcentury rancher in Chicago, a postmodern, zero-lot-line home in Dallas and more.

Mike Siegel is touring America and checking out homes that were valued at $700,000 in 2006. There’s a graceful, traditional Tudor in Indianapolis, an eclectic, modern masterpiece in San Diego and more.

Mike Siegel is touring America and checking out homes that were valued at $900,000 in 2006. There’s a sophisticated loft-design in Omaha, a modern masterpiece in Long Island, New York, and more.

Mike Siegel is touring America and checking out homes that were valued at $500,000 in 2006. There’s a snazzy row house in Pittsburgh, an Asian-inspired loft in Chicago and more.

Mike Siegel is touring America and checking out homes that were valued at $300,000 in 2005. There’s a loft condo in Detroit, a two-story Victorian in Seattle and more.

Mike Siegel is touring America and checking out homes that were valued at $2 million in 2005. There’s an architectural award-winner in Denver, an ample villa in Castle Rock, Colorado, and more.

Mike Siegel is touring America and checking out homes that were valued at $800,000 in 2005. There’s a cross-shaped home in Woodstock, Vermont, a historic townhouse in Philadelphia, and more.

Mike Siegel is touring America and checking out homes that were valued at $1.5 million in 2005. There’s a custom-designed rancher in Castle Rock, Colorado, a French provincial masterpiece in Seattle, and more.