In 1962, Marilyn Monroe bought her only home for $75,000. The Los Angeles house became her final residence and narrowly escaped demolition decades later

Marilyn Monroe bought a modest Spanish Colonial-style house in Los Angeles in 1962 for about $75,000, hoping it would give her a fresh start after the collapse of her marriage to Arthur Miller.

Instead, it became the first and only home she ever owned — and the place where she died just six months later.