Gilded Age railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt would be wealthier than Jeff Bezos if he were alive today. His grandson built the Breakers.

Stroll through the Gilded Age at The Breakers, an architectural masterpiece built for a railroad mogul and his family more than a century ago in seaside Newport, R.I. Between 1893 and 1895, Cornelius ...

Newport's mansions are remnants of the lavish lifestyles of America's wealthiest industrialists in the 19th and early 20th ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Twenty-one members of the Vanderbilt family have written to board members of a preservation group that owns The Breakers, saying its management is no longer fulfilling its ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. The opulent mansions of the Gilded Age's wealthiest families once required exclusive invitations to ...

Rumors are spreading that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are eyeing one of the nation’s grandest estates — the Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island — for what could be the pop icon’s most extravagant ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Vanderbilts, one of America's wealthiest Gilded Age families, owned multiple opulent homes. The Breakers in Newport, Rhode ...

The Vanderbilts, one of America's wealthiest Gilded Age families, owned multiple opulent homes. The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island, was their summer escape. Now a museum, the Breakers features 70 ...