ILLINOIS — Are you in the market for a new home or just enjoy checking out houses? Here's a look at some of the properties making a splash in Chicagoland, courtesy of Redfin.

Looking for unconventional new digs? One lucky buyer snapped up this home designed and built with seven shipping containers — one of the first shipping container homes built in the Chicago area. If the novelty isn't enough, the place comes with floor-to-ceiling windows, a sleek kitchen, massive garage and more. Home Built With 7 Shipping Containers Sells Quick

Enjoy a cozy, rustic lifestyle in this Mokena home, which is selling as-is and has a two-car garage, stone fireplace and even a covered bridge. Mokena Log Cabin Offers Unique Opportunity, Priced To Sell At $169K

Buy this property and feel festive all year long: The Anderson Tree Farm is for sale, with 58 acres, a house, two barns and rights to the business. The farm animals are negotiable. For $5.6 Million, You Could Own A Christmas Tree Farm In Plainfield

This property boasts not one, but THREE homes — plus a winery, a lake stocked for fishing, a main lodge that could be converted to a bed and breakfast and more. Rocky Waters Winery has won 65 awards, both domestic and international, for its wine blends. $5.7M Illinois Winery 'Exquisite Compound Of Income-Generating Luxury'

Still want more? Browse homes for sale in the Chicago area:

North Shore and North Suburbs

South Suburbs and South Side

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