New York City's Fifth Avenue was once home to "Millionaires' Row," where the wealthiest business tycoons of the Gilded Age ...

Eagle's Nest was built for William K. Vanderbilt II between 1910 and 1936, and is now home to a museum, planetarium, hiking ...

From Newport cottages to Manhattan palaces, explore how the Vanderbilts built America's most extravagant homes and reshaped ...

Known as “The Commodore,” Cornelius Vanderbilt built his fortune in steamboat shipping before entering the railroad industry in his late 60s. He acquired the New York & Harlem Railroad in 1863 and ...

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On March 26, 1883, Alva Vanderbilt, the wife of William K. Vanderbilt, (Cornelius Vanderbilt's grandson), threw a huge "housewarming" party at her new mansion at 660 Fifth Avenue. The 1,200 guests ...

Sandy Point Farm, a grand Rhode Island property deeply rooted in the Vanderbilt dynasty, is offering bidders the rare chance to own a slice of equestrian luxury. Sotheby’s Concierge Auctions is ...

Sandy Point Farm, 30 Sandy Point Farm Road, Portsmouth, Rhode Island Historic Vanderbilt equestrian estate spanning over 6 acres 24-stall stable and 15,000-square-foot indoor riding arena Grand ...

Schools like Vanderbilt University have been built using the wealth of America’s most successful families. If it wasn’t for the Rockefellers or the Vanderbilts, we might not know the world of ...

The wealth of Alva Vanderbilt’s and Arabella Huntigton’s lovers and husbands resembled today’s tech and Wall Street riches. One rose to the top of New York society. The other did not. Why?

Visitors will have some work to do in order to gain access to these previously prohibited spaces. To get to the third floor, participants need to climb 85 stairs (and descend 95). But it’s worth it.