The mansion-lined streets of Newport, Rhode Island, form the type of imaginative scenery you’d expect to find if you were stuck inside a fairy tale, complete with a picturesque cliffside view of shimmering waters and majestic trees. The opulent mansions are vestiges of the Gilded Age, when many of America’s elite families built summer resorts in Newport due to its temperate climate. Today, many of the cavernous buildings are open to the public for touring, including The Breakers, the Vanderbilts’ famous mansion constructed in the late 19th century in the Italian Renaissance style.
The Breakers Peter Wood
