Mariska Hargitay has called some extraordinary places home – including a Hollywood mansion so flamboyant that even its swimming pool carried a declaration of love. But behind the pink walls, multimillion-dollar properties, and sweeping city views are far more personal stories.One home vanished almost completely, only for pieces of it to find their way back to Hargitay decades later. Another was being built by her father when she arrived in tears to confront him over a secret that changed what she knew about her family.

Then came a six-floor Manhattan townhouse packed with luxury features – and a detail that some viewers somehow missed when they began picking the property apart.Long before Hargitay spent decades playing Olivia Benson on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” however, her story began inside one of Hollywood’s most unforgettable homes.Her Childhood Began at the Pink PalaceThe first of the three homes belonged to Hargitay’s parents, actor Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay. The couple bought the Mediterranean-style Los Angeles mansion in 1958 for $76,000, according to The Hollywood Reporter.