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A potpourri of the entertaining, the strange and the hilarious drawn from the world of luxury. Luxury Gone Wild entries confirm the point that money and bizarre behavior are never strangers to each other.

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Restaurant Offers $1,000 Pizza Made With Caviar

Creator Says He's Sold 2 Pies

Creator Nino Selimaj, owner of Nino Bellisima, showed off the 12-inch pie for Meredith Vieira, Matt Lauer and Al Roker on NBC's "Today" show on Thursday.

The pizza has creme fraiche, chives, four different kinds of caviar, 4 ounces of thinly sliced lobster tail, salmon roe and Japanese wasabi horseradish.

It comes sliced into four pieces and is not cooked -- since you wouldn't want to spoil the fish.

Selimaj said he has already sold two of the high-priced pizzas. He said he thinks they will continue to gain in popularity.

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Working Out in the Lap of Luxury

From San Francisco to New York, enrollment fees in elite exercise facilities can reach $24,000 ... providing a new reason to keep those New Year's resolutions.

Get on a bike at most health clubs and you can pick from a few programs and possibly watch TV.

Hop on an Expresso bike at the East Bank Club in Chicago, a 450,000-square-foot, four-story facility, and you'll find a private television that displays dozens of virtual courses and simulates an outdoor ride. The bike is equipped with handle bars that turn left and right, and you can even choose to compete against the person next to you. Log on to a Web site afterward and you can gauge your progress or see if you made the leader board.

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Athletes' Performance, Tempe, Ariz.

World's Most Expensive Homes

Along Australia's Gold Coast and across the French Riviera, they sit above the beach offering extraordinary views of the sea. In the U.K. they are palaces that humble the Queen's Belgravia mansions.

Others range from landed estates throughout continental Europe to nature preserves in Zambia.

These are some of the world's most expensive properties, and the prices are as unique as the homes. Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan's Aspen ski lodge lists for $135 million, while 6,000 miles away, a 64-room Istanbul waterfront mansion asks $100 million.

Click here for a photo tour of the world's 10 most expensive homes.

 

 
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