Newport’s mansions are more than relics of opulence—they are living chronicles of ambition, technological innovation, and ...

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 ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WJAR) — The Preservation Society of Newport County announced it is adding more tour hours for two of its most popular Newport mansions tours. There will be additional opportunities for ...

Newport, Rhode Island, was once the epicenter of the Gilded Age—and still is, in a way, thanks to the famous Newport mansions. The quaint New England city grew from a booming port town to a seaside ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WJAR) — NBC 10 got a first look at the third floor of The Breakers, as it opens to the public for the first time in its history. The Preservation Society of Newport County began giving ...

The night was in honor of the visiting "Whips," the name for the drivers of the magnificent four-in-hand coaches ...

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 ...

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 ...