Cornelius Vanderbilt II's Fifth Avenue residence, which has since been demolished.Museum of the City of New York/Byron Collection/Getty Images During the Gilded Age, wealthy families built extravagant ...

I've toured eight Gilded Age mansions in Newport, Rhode Island, and the Hudson Valley, New York. The mansions feature incredible displays of wealth such as walls covered in gold and silver. The homes ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) – A proposal to build a welcome center on the grounds of The Breakers, a Gilded Age mansion once home to Cornelius Vanderbilt, cleared a critical hurdle on Monday. In a 4-1 vote, ...