Nemours stands as an extraordinary example of the Gilded Age fascination with European culture and serves as a lasting testament to the wealth, interests, and ambitions of the du Pont family.

Monte Carlo is all about glamour, views, and a taste of luxury—even if you’re only there for a few hours. It’s compact, polished, and easy to soak in fast.

Located along the tranquil eastern shore of Lake Sunapee in Newbury, New Hampshire, The Fells is one of New England's most remarkable surviving country estates.

Robert Lincoln, the only child of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, retained the architecture firm of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge to built his summer home on 392 acres in Manchester, Vermont. Lincoln had served as Secretary of War and Minister to the Court of St. James, and made his fortune as a lawyer before becoming President of the Pullman Company. Robert Lincoln and his wife, Mary Harlan Lincoln, lived at Hildene in high style.

Mount Vernon is an American landmark and once a vibrant 18th century plantation and home to the first President of the United States. The estate is located on the banks on the Potomac River.

I only had a couple of hours to take in Stresa—just enough time, I thought, for a quiet lakeside stroll.

Naumkeag is the former Berkshire estate of New York City lawyer and U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, Joseph Hodges Choate, and his wife Caroline, located in Stockbridge, Massachusettes. The Choate’s, who were part of the newly-rich, traveled in well-to-do social circles. They decided to build a 44-room shingle-style “cottage” with brick and stone details, designed by the architect of the day, Stanford White.

Immediately upon entering the walled garden, you will be transported from Yonkers to lands far away. This is only the beginning of the journey through the Untermeyer Park and Garden off of North Broadway in Yonkers.

iMajor and Mrs. James H. Dooley transformed rough fields and pastures into a showplace many American millionaires were creating during the Gilded Age.

Stepping into Linden Place feels less like entering a single home and more like walking through generations of American life.

Unlike the golden temples Thailand is known for, Wat Rong Khun gleams in brilliant white, embedded with tiny mirrored pieces that reflect sunlight in every direction.

It wasn’t simply the place where he painted—it was the world he created in order to paint, a living canvas he cultivated with the same vision and intention he brought to his art.

Just beyond the elegant boulevards of Paris lies a world built to dazzle — the legendary Palace of Versailles.

Tucked away in the heart of Copenhagen, surrounded by lush gardens and the gentle hum of city life, Rosenborg Slot (Rosenborg Castle) stands as one of Denmark’s most iconic Renaissance-era landmarks.

Baroness Beatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild created this seaside oasis in the early 1900s, pouring her fortune and imagination into every detail.

Coe Hall is the 65-room centerpiece of the 409-acre Planting Fields Historic State Park located in Oyster Bay, New York. The estate was originally landscaped by Frederick Law Olmsted, featuring greenhouses, rolling lawns, formal gardens, woodland paths and outstanding plant collections.

Westbook Farms started when William Bayard Cutting purchased the George C. Lorillard estate on the Connetiquot River in the Long Island town of Great River. Cutting was a New York City lawyer and sugar beet refiner, who made his fortune in railroads and in the development of the Red Hook, Brooklyn waterfront.

Beauport, also known as the Sleeper-McCann House, was the shingle-style summer home of one of America’s first professional interior designers, Henry Davis Sleeper.

As you stroll along the sidewalks, you pass elegant buildings with iron balconies, colorful shop windows, and cafes where people sit talking for hours.

The capital of France sits along the River Seine in northern France and is often called “the City of Light” because of its historic role in art, learning, and innovation.