Neverland Ranch Hauntingly Empty

Neverland Ranch, the lavish dream home and creation of Michael Jackson that opened in 1988, looked bare and empty the day following Michael Jackson’s unexpected death in Los Olivos, California.

In 2008 Michael Jackson was forced to give up the deed to the Neverland Ranch allegedly in order to pay off what he owed. In April 2009, Michael Jackson’s private collection of memorabilia were set to be auctioned off to pay down an alleged $24 million debt. The auction was later cancelled. The ranch is located on 5225 Figueroa Mountain Road in Santa Barbara County, California. The ranch covers 2,800 acres and in 2004 had an estimated worth of $120 million. The ranch is named after the fictional island Neverland, the fantasy island in the story of Peter Pan, where children never grow up.