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

He is credited with helping shape the United States today. How did Cornelius Vanderbilt became the king of railroads? A combined Central and New York Central Railroad was formed in 1867 after ...

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

The apocryphal legend begins with railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt dining at an upscale resort in Saratoga Springs in 1853. When he sent his fried potatoes back to the kitchen for being too ...

Vanderbilt’s early career was spent working for his father’s business and moving into leadership roles in the inland water trade and railroad business. How much was Cornelius Vanderbilt worth at his ...