"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Caroline descended from the Schermerhorns and the Van Cortlandts, Dutch families that were among the ...

HBO Max’s “The Gilded Age” Season 1 followed the highs and lows, affluence and melodrama, of the real-life Gilded Age in New York City. The show is full of historically accurate feuds, classism, ...

At the turn of the century, New York served as the epicenter of America’s Gilded Age. Those who have seen the period drama know that city socialite Caroline Astor hosted lavish parties at her Fifth ...

Chicago author Renee Rosen is again taking us on a trip to the past. In her previous novels, she’s explored the city’s jazz roots ("Windy City Blues"), the Chicago fire and the founding of the city’s ...

Historical fiction offers a glimpse into what could have happened in the past and often puts an exciting spin on history. Our latest read transports us to New York’s Gilded Age as we read about two ...

Since its 2022 debut, The Gilded Age has immersed viewers in the dazzling and often ruthless world of New York’s elite during the late 19th century. Centered on the rivalry between old-money matriarch ...

Fred Zilian, a retired educator, gives tours of Newport and lectures on its history. The storied Gilded Age of American history, with its epicenter in New York City and eventually in Newport, began ...

William Vincent Astor's life was one of unenviable isolation and singularly strange circumstances. Literally in the manor born, he arrived into the world in the Fifth Avenue mansion of his grandmother ...