In 1924, one of America’s wealthiest couples, started building a fifty-five room, 36,000 square-foot mansion called Ca’ d’Zan (meaning House of John) on Sarasota Bay in Florida.

The Villa was built by the wealthy Rufolo family in the 13th century. When built, it was one of the largest, most expensive villas on the Amalfi coast.

Alex Munthe said this about Villa San Michele, ‘My house must be open to the sun, to the wind and the voice of the sea, just like a Greek temple, and light, light, light everywhere!’

This Duomo in Amalfi, was creation in the 9th and 10th centuries and has been added and redecorated several times. It is dedicated to the apostle St. Andrew whose relics are kept here.

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.

Riverhead lies at the mouth of the Peconic River and was know as the ‘river’s head’ in the 1700’s. The town was established in 1792 as part of the new jurisdictions after the American Revolution.

Fort Totten, in Bayside, NY is a tangible reminder of New York City’s once powerful harbor defense system.

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.

Jim Williams’ contributions can be felt all over Savannah’s Historic District. He was a successful antiques dealer, historic preservationist, as well as local socialite.

Richard H. Jenrette founded the Classical American Homes Preservation Trust in 1993, with a mission to preserve and protect examples of classical American residential architecture and surround landscapes.

Eagles Nest is the Spanish Revival 24-room mansion on an estate in Centerport, NY overlooking Northport Harbor. The house was commissioned by William K. Vanderbilt II and designed by Warren and Wetmore.

The Quincy Chamber of Commerce created a walking trail called the Presidents Trail that highlights significant landmarks throughout the town.

Monticello was the home of Declaration of Independence author, architect, Governor of Virginia, Ambassador to France, U.S. Vice President, two-term President and Founding Father Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson called Monticello his home from 1770 until his death in 1826.

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.

Today, Colonial Williamsburg is the world’s largest living history museum and part of a 301-acre historic district. It contains several hundred restored or re-created 17th, 18th and 19th century buildings with costumed staff as guides.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art was opened in 1870 and boasts 36,000 objects, including 2,500 European Old Masters, Impressionist, and Pos-Impressionist paintings as well as the greatest collection of Egyptian art and artifacts outside Cairo.

Fredericksburg is famous for being George Washington’s childhood hometown and playing a significant role in the Civil War.

Norfolk’s West Freemason neighborhood was almost completely destroyed twice, once by the British during the Revolutionary War and leveling the area during the 1960’s.

Gabriel Manigault designed this house for his brother, to reflect his wealthy lifestyle. The Manigault family owned several plantations, and hundreds of slaves.

Tucked away along the banks of the Hudson River is Washington Irving’s charming home called Sunnyside.

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.