Of all of Newport's famous homes, The Breakers mansion is the cream of the summer cottage crop. Commissioned in 1893 by railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt II, The Breakers is a Renaissance-style ...

For a closer look, take a self-guided tour of The Breakers, a mansion once owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt II (though he referred to it as a humble summer “cottage”). After you’ve finished ...

“Downton Abbey, eat your heart out!” The Breakers stands as a testament to the Gilded Age, when “summer cottage” meant 70 rooms of pure opulence. Photo credit: Wikipedia Built by Cornelius Vanderbilt ...

And the economic growth of the country did not help everyone equally. While industrialists like Cornelius Vanderbilt II could build 70-room summer homes in Newport, Rhode Island, the workers whose ...

The Vanderbilt Commodores basketball program is enjoying a resurgence under first year head coach Mark Byington. The 'Dores are in the middle of the SEC standings after being picked last in the ...

up popped Cornelius (“Neely”) Vanderbilt Jr. in Los Angeles. Mr. Vanderbilt stated that it was he who had supplied the rambunctious General with the anecdote of Il Duce’s alleged hit & run ...

Spring Breakers are coming to Fort Lauderdale, one of the nation’s hot spots for the annual spring ritual that sees college students head for bikini-weather coasts in search of paradise.

GREENVILLE, S.C. — No. 8 seed Vanderbilt women's basketball pulled out a hard-fought 84-76 win over No. 9 seed Tennessee on Thursday in the second round of the 2025 SEC Tournament. The win ...

On Wednesday, the Wildcats will host the Vanderbilt Commodores, and Kentucky will be looking for revenge as Vandy won the first matchup in Nashville. Unless something changes in a positive ...

William Kissam Vanderbilt, II put up a healthy prize for the winner, and cast a two and a half foot tall silver cup that everyone wanted to win. It was packed with all the pomp and circumstance of ...