14 Items Tagged

Gilded Age

Farmington, Maine

Nordica Homestead Museum

The birthplace of this Gilded Age celebrity, opera singer, suffragette, and shipwreck survivor has been turned into a museum celebrating her fascinating life.

New York, New York

‘The Gilded Lady’

A vibrant, 100-foot-tall mural dedicated to Evelyn Nesbit, the tragic icon of the Gilded Age.

Tansy (left) and pennyroyal were two toxic herbs used in the 19th century to induce abortions.

medical museums

The 19th-Century Woman's Secret Guide to Birth Control

Shared books, homemade concoctions, and a whisper network thwarted Gilded Age efforts to limit women’s access to health care.

Emily Cataneo April 22, 2022

Natick, Massachusetts

Horatio Alger House

The American author whose "rags-to-riches" stories were popular during the Gilded Age.

One of Doris Duke's camels, Baby.

Hillsborough Township, New Jersey

Doris Duke's Pet Cemetery

A billionaire heiress' menagerie of animals were lovingly laid to rest on the grounds of her former estate.

With the shining sun

Carroll, New Hampshire

Mount Washington Hotel

A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.

An illustration of the famous Pie-Girl Dinner from <em>The New York World</em>.

The Girl Who Jumped Out of a Pie and Into a Gilded Age Morality Tale

Susie Johnson sparked America's obsession with erotic cake dancing.

Reina Gattuso April 25, 2019

Breakfast Room hidden door.

Asheville, North Carolina

Biltmore Estate's Secret Passages

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

New York, New York

Venetian Room

This lavish room in a New York City mansion is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

C.K.G. Billings' infamous horse banquet was inspired by a love of all things equine.

The Gilded-Age Dinner Party That Featured 7 Courses and 32 Horses

C.K.G. Billings turned a Manhattan ballroom into a site for a banquet on horseback.

Anne Ewbank October 23, 2017

Found: A Roman Tombstone Buried in the New York City Suburbs

Dated 54 A.D., it belonged to a tax collector.

Sarah Laskow December 7, 2016

Henry B. Plant Museum

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

Who Invented Eggs Benedict–a Traitor, a Pope, or a Hungover Dude?

You eat brunch today because British fox hunting parties thought it grand.

Katherine Spiers April 19, 2016

Rockefellers to Divest of Oil, Which Made the Family's Fortune

The family now believes that oil exploration threatens us all.

Erik Shilling March 24, 2016