Marble House is in Newport, Rhode Island.Alexander Nesbitt — The Preservation Society of Newport CountyAlva Vanderbilt's 39th birthday present from her husband was a 140,000-square-foot summer "cottage" on the shores ...
Locust Grove's drawing room.Talia Lakritz/Business InsiderWhen Samuel F. B. Morse wasn't creating Morse code, inventing the telegraph, or painting portraits, he was relaxing on the grounds of his Locust Grove ...
A study in the Vanderbilt mansion.Talia Lakritz/Business InsiderDuring the Gilded Age in the late 1800s, railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt was the richest man in America with a net worth of ...
The author at Costco in New York City.Talia Lakritz/Business InsiderAs someone who grew up in Wisconsin and moved to New York City a decade ago, I enjoy analyzing the similarities ...
Staatsburgh.Talia Lakritz/Business InsiderWhen New York City socialite Ruth Livingston Mills inherited her family's country estate known as Staatsburgh in 1890, she felt it wasn't grand enough to entertain her sophisticated ...
