Swannanoa Palace- Hauntingly Beautiful

Swannanoa Palace Seated atop Afton Mountain, Swannanoa stands as a beautiful testament of love from a husband to his wife.  The palace is a majestic Italian Renaissance Revival villa, modeled after buildings in the Villa Medici in Rome.  Swannanoa sits

Biltmore Estate- the Beauty of the Gilded Age

Biltmore Estate and Vanderbilt Grandeur The Vanderbilt family is one of the oldest, and most wealthiest families in American history.  The Vanderbilt Patriarch, Cornelius Vanderbilt, amassed his fortune through inland water trade and the railroad in the early to mid