Newport Mansions

  • The Newport Casino & the Gilded Age

    The Newport Casino & the Gilded Age

    The penultimate episode of “The Gilded Age” HBO took a little trip to Newport, Rhode Island, and had the characters socialising at the Newport Casino. The Newport Casino opened in 1880 (only two years before the show is set!) and was designed as a new model of social club. The entrance on Bellevue Avenue (just read more

  • Visiting Marble House, Newport

    Visiting Marble House, Newport

    Let’s continue to visit the Newport Mansions, Rhode Island with this post exploring Marble House. read more

  • Visiting the Breakers

    Visiting the Breakers

    Welcome to the Breakers, Newport, RI! This is the first post in a series of three I’ll be doing on the Newport mansions, and I thought I’d begin with the most famous one. Sit back, relax, museum from home and take a little walk with me through this huge palace of a “summer cottage” right read more

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