If you explore one historic mansion during your visit to Newport, Rhode Island, make it The Breakers. This incredible mansion, built by Cornelius Vanderbilt II (heir to the Vanderbilt fortune), is often called the epitome of the Gilded Age. Chris and I have explored castles throughout Europe, and still, The Breakers stands out as one of my favorite preserved buildings. It’s just so extraordinarily beautiful…
Of all of the places we’ve seen and explored so far on our family’s travel journey, Newport stands out as one of our top travel destinations in New England. Why?