The Vanderbilt Mansion is located on 153 acres of land in Hyde Park, New York. The National Park Service offers tours to the ...

The Vanderbilt Mansion in Hyde Park, New York, was built by Frederick Vanderbilt in the 1890s. The 45,000-square-foot Gilded Age mansion is located on 153 acres of land in the Hudson Valley.

Richard White, the historian and author of "The Republic for Which It Stands," explains what made the late 19th century gilded.

Before there was a Bezos, a Musk, or a Walton, there was Cornelius Vanderbilt—a man so wealthy, so powerful, and so obsessed ...

It's also considered one of the top things to do in Rhode Island. Commissioned in 1893 by railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt II, The Breakers is a Renaissance-style "summer cottage" inspired by ...

In the late 19th century, the Vanderbilt family began their rise to fame and fortune with the monopolization of the railroad industry. Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt thought he was laying down the ...

Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Cornelius Vanderbilt, had no shortage of ambition ... These historical figures became titans in the oil, steel, and railroad businesses, later starting ...