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Fans of HBO Max's "The Gilded Age" can explore Newport's famed mansions and historic sites, as well as its best restaurants and hotels.

During the Gilded Age, many of the wealthiest Americans established Newport, Rhode Island, as their premier summertime escape, with families like the Vanderbilts and Astors hiring the era’s ...

Before Vanderbilt mansions like The Breakers and Marble House put Newport, Rhode Island, on the map as an escape for the Gilded Age's wealthy elite, there was Chateau-sur-Mer.. French for "castle ...