A barn-style lake house in Deerwood, MN, is built for fun.

“It’s the ultimate escape,” says Michael Boege, with Coldwell Banker Realty; he’s listing the place with Abby Dean. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”

The getaway is listed for $1.5 million and sits on a sprawling 64 acres.

“It’s two hours from the Twin Cities area, and it’s in the middle of lake country in Minnesota,” Boege says. “There are miles of private trails on the property, and it’s on a 400-plus-acre lake that features great fishing.”

The bright-red barndominium was built in 2009. A separate cottage-style bunkhouse, wood-burning sauna, and heated garage are included in the listing. There’s also a converted grain silo that functions as an outdoor grilling area.

The 5,500-square-foot home has four bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms.

“It’s in great shape,” Boege says, noting that the sellers used the place as a second home, as do many people in the area. “It has been used pretty lightly.”

The home’s lower level includes a woodsy-style bar and a two-lane bowling alley, complete with automatic pin replacement and ball-return capabilities.

“It’s set up just like a regular bowling alley,” Boege says. “If you wanted to have the bumpers put up for little kids to bowl, it features that function.”

Racetrack

Outside, you can feed your need for speed with the quarter-mile-long go-kart track.

“In 18 years of selling real estate, I’ve never sold a house with a private go-kart track,” Boege says, adding that there are no actual go-karts included in the deal. The sellers “used to have go-karts but have since sold them, so [the buyer] will have to bring their own.”

Boege says the area is a great place for weekend and summer retreats, making the home an ideal investment property.

“I could see someone buying it as a place that they go to, but then also do short-term rentals on it because of the bowling alley, the lake, and fishing,” he says.

The lot includes more than 700 feet of frontage on pristine Birch Lake, which isn’t crowded, since there aren’t many homes nearby. Like this one, most of the homes are on large acreages. Boege says that isn’t typical, though.

“Most of the lakes in Minnesota, you’re going to have a half-acre lot or smaller, and you’re going to have people on top of you,” he says. “It’s going to be very busy on the weekends and very loud and kind of chaotic.

But that’s not the case here.

“When you walk to the end of this dock, you look out and it’s like you’re looking into a national park,” Boege says. “You see no other houses at all.”

The lake isn’t deep, and since there are no large boats and other disruptions, the wildlife thrives—as do humans, apparently.

“At any given time, the loons on the lake will easily outnumber the boaters,” Boege reveals. “As soon as you get there and you start walking around the land, you feel your blood pressure start to go down.”

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