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I stayed at a Gilded Age hotel built by a railroad tycoon. It was cozy but the $478-a-night cost felt steep.
It was originally built to accommodate travelers passing through a railway station that used to be …
Erin McDowell
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A 6-acre Vanderbilt equestrian estate from the Gilded Age is listed for $3.5 million. Take a look inside.
Rhode Island is full of architectural marvels from the Gilded Age, but these historic properties ra…
Talia Lakritz
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Inside Chateau-sur-Mer, an Italianate-style villa known for its extravagant parties during the Gilded Age
French for "castle by the sea," Chateau-sur-Mer was originally built in 1852 for William Shepard We…
Talia Lakritz
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Photos show the lavish interiors of The Elms, a Rhode Island mansion built for a coal millionaire in the Gilded Age
Modeled after an 18th-century French château and built on a 10-acre estate, The Elms was furnished …
Talia Lakritz
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I've toured 8 historic Gilded Age mansions. Here are the most extravagant displays of wealth I've seen.
I've often been rendered speechless upon walking into rooms with marble walls, gilded ceilings, and…
Talia Lakritz
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See inside Marble House, a 50-room Gilded Age mansion that a Vanderbilt heir gifted to his wife for her birthday
As heir to the Vanderbilt family fortune during the Gilded Age, William K. Vanderbilt spared no exp…
Talia Lakritz
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Look inside the Breakers, a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot mansion that belonged to one of America's wealthiest Gilded Age families
During the Gilded Age, Cornelius Vanderbilt was America's richest man with an estimated net worth o…
Talia Lakritz
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Take a look inside Rosecliff, a 30-room mansion built for a Gilded Age heiress and modeled after a French palace
Oelrichs' father, James Fair, was a Nevada senator who helped discover the Comstock Lode, the large…
Talia Lakritz
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One of New York City's last surviving Gilded Age mansions is for sale for $65 million see inside the historic home
Listed by Louise Beit and Sotheby's International Realty, the home is described as "a glistening su…
Erin McDowell
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See inside a historic 50,000-square-foot mansion on New York's Gold Coast that's featured in 'The Gilded Age'
Hempstead House has had quite a journey since then, according to the Sands Point Preserve: British …
Gabbi Shaw
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See inside a $300 million Gilded Age mansion built for heirs who died on the Titanic that sat abandoned for years
A pastor of the First Korean Church of New York, Richard S. Yoon, listed the home for sale in 2014.…
Alcynna Lloyd
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7 shows like 'The Gilded Age' to watch while you're waiting for season 3
Carrie Coon, Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Morgan Spector, and Louisa Jacobson star in the ser…
Eve Crosbie
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Take a look inside Staatsburgh, a 30,000-square-foot Gilded Age mansion whose owners held tickets for the Titanic
Located in Staatsburg, New York, about 100 miles from New York City, Staatsburgh is now a museum th…
Talia Lakritz
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Take a look inside Lyndhurst Mansion, a historic 14,000-square-foot Gothic Revival home featured in 'The Gilded Age'
Located around 26 miles from New York City, the mansion was built by former New York City mayor Wil…
Talia Lakritz
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Take a look inside a historic 54-room Gilded Age mansion that belonged to one of America's richest families
During the Gilded Age in the late 1800s, railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt was the richest man i…
Talia Lakritz
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The life and career of Julia C. Collins, one of the real-life inspirations behind Peggy Scott of 'The Gilded Age'
Collins is widely credited with writing the first novel by an African American woman.
Yoonji Han
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A Gilded Age train station transformed into three cottages is on sale for less than $1 million. See inside.
The former station on Old Depot Way is in Stanfordville, a small town surrounded by farmland less t…
Maria Noyen
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How the Black aristocracy of the Gilded Age ushered in a new era of education and freedom
Newly emancipated Black Americans used education and business savvy to build wealth in an era of ec…
Yoonji Han
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'The Buccaneers' costume designer used daring fashion to reflect a clash between new and old money in the Gilded Age
A costume designer for "The Buccaneers" said the culture clash between Americans and Brits is hinte…
Maria Noyen
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Every look Katy Perry has worn to the Met Gala, ranked from least to most iconic
Katy Perry at the 2018 Met Gala and the 2019 Met Gala.John Shearer/Getty Images for The Hollywood R…