Villa Cimbrone stands on a rocky outcrop known as ‘cimbronium’, and that is where the villa got its name. The property originally belonged to the noble Acconciajoco family and then passed to the powerful and wealthy Fuscos in the 1300s.

The colonnade of the cemetery was built on 1816 in place of the abandoned Benedictine monastery. Inside are the ruins of a medieval chapel, with 14th century frescos and a Roman urn dating back to the 2nd century AD.

Its main focus was for gentleman’s sport of hunting fish and fowl as well as other outdoor activities. The club served members from 1886 though the 1960’s, and then through the 1970’s as the Connetquot River Club.

The Isabella Stewart Garner Museum, originally called Fenway Court when it opened in 1903. It was founded by Isabella Stewart Garner, whose will called for her art collection to be permanently exhibited ‘for the education and enjoyment of the public forever’. The building was constructed between 1896 and 1903.

William Seward and Eliza (Lila) Osgood Vanderbilt Webb were married in 1881 and acquired some 32 area farms from 1886 until 1902 to create their 3,800 agricultural estate, Shelburne Farm on Lake Champlain.

Villa Melzi was built as the summer home of the vice-president of the Napoleonic Italian Republic, Duke Francesco Melzi D’Eril. The neoclassical mansion, set in beautiful grounds with classical statues, century-old trees and exotic vegetation, was built between 1808 and 1813.

Lousine and her husband, famed college football player-turned stockbroker, Harold Weeks commissioned Grovsner Atterbury to design a French Chateau which was completed in 1918.

The Lightner Museum was founded by Chicago publisher and collector Otto C. Lightner in 1947. Lightner was best known as the publisher of Hobbies, The Magazine for Collectors.

The Ponce de Leon Hotel was an exclusive luxury hotel built by Standard Oil co-founder and railroad magnate Henry Flagler and competed in 1888. This was the first major project for the architecture firm of Carrere & Hastings.

The 216-acre property is home to four former Gilded Age homes of the Gould and Guggenheim families, now owned by Nassau County and operated by the Sands Point Conservancy.

Built between 1869 and 1883, the iconic Brooklyn Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world, at the time of completion. It was the first roadway connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan.

The Methodist Camp Ground, originally called Wesleyan Grove, on Martha’s Vineyard dates back to 1835 when Jeremiah Pease and a few other men secured half an acre in Oak Bluffs.

The castle at Linderhof or Linderhof Palace is part of the famed legacy of the Bavarian King Ludwig II, situated in the Bavarian Alps. Linderhof is considered one of King Ludwig II’s smallest palaces, but it is surrounded by extensive gardens an terraces in the Italian style.

The Nymphenburg Palace is a Baroque palace located in Munich, Germany. It is considered one of the premier royal palaces of Europe and was the summer residence for Bavarian Kings for over 300 years.

The name Neuschwanstein means “new swan”and this castle is often referred to as the “Sleeping Beauty” or “Cinderella” Castle. The exterior of the castle is breathtaking, and it was built across from his childhood home, Hohenschwangau Castle.

This post is intended to bring attention to the feat of engineering, impressive architecture as well as the stunning alpine views associated with Eagle’s Nest.

This trip was done on one of the many ferries that travel the Rhine. I say this so you know that you do not have to book a riverboat excursion, just merely hop on a ferry. Some of the ferries have dining tables and chairs where you can sit, eat and drink as you enjoy the romantic scenery.

Sea Cliff is not the usual look-alike homes Long Island town that dominate parts of Nassau County. Instead, the village has Victorian buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places with clapboard, shingle, turrets, wood trim and carvings. Many were build as summer homes in the the late nineteenth century resort town and they have been called one of the best collections of late Victorian homes in New York’s Nassau County. The town is intimate, at one square mile, most residents are able to walk to restaurants, beach, stores and 16 town parks without getting in the car.

For decades, The American Tobacco Campus and the city of Durham were one of the busiest industrial centers the country. When the tobacco industry ended in Durham, there needed to be re-invention.

On the Long Island Sound, in the town of Lattingtown, John Edward Aldred, along with W.D. Guthrie decided to establish themselves on Long Island’s Gold Coast. In 1910 they bought out the incorporated village of Lattingtown, leveled some 60 houses and businesses and built two mansions on the waterfront.