From the Vanderbilts to the 9th Duke of Marlborough, meet the historical socialites, aristocrats, robber barons, and more ...

The decision helps over 1,700 students  Since 2019, the Astoria School District has found ways to provide equitable access ...

Inspired by the rich hospitality of its Gilded Age founders, St. Regis resorts are the ultimate luxury escape I’m sitting in ...

He called himself Gregory Mitchell and worked for what looked like an Astor family fund. But who was he really?

In the early part of the 20th century, every red-blooded American knew who Pancho Villa was. Many thought of him as a brutal ...

The Astor name shaped more than society - it shaped skylines. Discover the family’s most legendary mansions across the U.S. and Europe.

On "The Gilded Age," Mrs. Astor reigns over New York society — but the real Caroline Astor’s control and influence went even ...

Sure, we all know the story of the Titanic, the “unsinkable” ship that indeed sank back on April 15, 1912. We know about The ...

During the Gilded Age, Fifth Avenue in New York City was lined with some of the most opulent mansions ever built in America.

Mexican billionaire tricked into lending $400 million to a group of con artists -- one of whom passed himself off as a descendant of John Jacob Astor.

One of the scammers impersonated a descendant of 19th-century fur trader John Jacob Astor.

While dramatized for plot purposes in the series, it is drawn from real-life historical events in the life of Charlotte Astor ...