Lorne Greene, who played patriarch Ben Cartwright in the TV series Bonanza, loved the layout and design of the ranch-style home his alter ego lived in so much that he had a replica built for his own home, located in the Apache Country Club in Mesa, Arizona.

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"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)