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The 250-room Biltmore House in western North Carolina is an unmatched architectural marvel from the Gilded Age

A legacy of one of the richest of American families, the 250-room Biltmore House today stands amid its thousands of well-manicured acres not so much as a relic of the Gilded Age, but as a testament to the genius of its creator, then-bachelor George Washington Vanderbilt III, and architect Richard Morris Hunt and landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted, both seminal figures in American design. More...

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I wanted to go somewhere exotic and authentic, where I could interact with the local people and be free to explore and experience the culture on my own and still enjoy the creature comforts of home. After an extensive search, I finally settled on Florianopolis or "Floripa" as the locals call it. A hidden treasure of an island, it also is the capital city of the state of Santa Catarina in the south of Brazil. More ...