The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island, was their summer escape. Now a museum, the Breakers features 70 rooms and spans 138,300 square feet. His grandson, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, succeeded him as the ...

"Sparkling Lights" is an indoor-outdoor holiday experience that runs through December at The Breakers. Illuminated trees and shrubs on the grounds define the mansion’s landscape with stunning colors.

Stroll through the Gilded Age at The Breakers, an architectural masterpiece built for a railroad mogul and his family more than a century ago in seaside Newport, R.I. Between 1893 and 1895, Cornelius ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Twenty-one members of the Vanderbilt family have written to board members of a preservation group that owns The Breakers, saying its management is no longer fulfilling its ...

Visiting Rhode Island’s Newport Mansions around Christmas is a yearly tradition for many New Englanders, but few people probably know who the man behind the splendorous decoration design is. Jim ...

During the 19th-century Gilded Age, Newport, Rhode Island -- a coastal town with undeniable French vibes -- became the ...

The Vanderbilts, one of America's wealthiest Gilded Age families, owned multiple opulent homes. The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island, was their summer escape. Now a museum, the Breakers features 70 ...