Sandy Point Farm, a grand Rhode Island property deeply rooted in the Vanderbilt dynasty, is offering bidders the rare chance ...

Family ties to both enslaved ancestors and colonial ancestors — including slave owners — can now be uncovered in free online ...

The 8,000-acre estate in Asheville remains America's largest home, serving the public as a historic house museum and tourist attraction built by George Vanderbilt in 1895. The famed mansion has ...

Last weekend, tree branches, logs and a dumpster floated across ... native and grandson of industrialist Cornelius “Commodore ...

A 16-year-old Middle Tennessee native is in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Vanderbilt after suffering from a traumatic ...

Researchers are using a computational genetic inference tool to find identical-by-descent segments indicative of rare genetic ...

American socialite Gloria Vanderbilt was born in 1924, in New York City. A member of the affluent Vanderbilt family, she had a tumultuous childhood and at ten years old became a ward of her aunt, the ...

Some of the wealthiest families in American history have lost their fortunes. Families like Kennedy, Du Pont, and Rockefeller continue to have immense wealth. Johnson, Cargill, and Mars ...

Asheville, North Carolina, a town known for hiking, bachelorette parties, and craft beer, was once touted as a place that ...

From California's Joan Didion to Maine's Stephen King, here are the most famous authors from every state.

Commissioned by Reginald, the son of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and the grandfather of modern-day media figure Anderson Cooper, the estate was designed to reflect the family’s lavish tastes and ...