The Breakers mansion, Newport, Rhode Island The Hollywood sign, Los Angeles, California The Parthenon, a full-size recreation of the Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens, in Centenial Park, Nashville, Tennessee The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia The Teton mountain range, part of the Rocky ...
Overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, Breakers Mansion, sometimes called simplyBreakers, is the largest and most elaborate of Newport's Gilded Age summer homes. Built between 1892 and 1895, the Newport, Rhode Island, "cottage" is another design from the famous architects of the Gilded Age. Wealthy ind...
they packed up their entire households (including servants and fine china) each summer for 8-week stays at these massive “cottages.” The Breakers is the most famous mansion in Newport, but we opted to visit The Elms– mainly because
Norman Bird Sanctuary is my happy place. I know of no other place where, in a few moments, you can be in farmland, or in the peace of the deep forest, or in wetlands, or on rocky trails where you can see and hear the power of the ocean. – Chuck Kiven, Norman Bird Sanctuary Me...