“It’s probably the greatest collection of popular art in the world … the breadth, the variety, the expertise,” Glenn ...

From New York to continental Europe, there are only a few true grand dame hotels. Even today, they are the temples of luxury, ...

From a New York City classic to a literary-focused spot in Washington DC, here are the winners of Food & Wine's 2025 Global Tastemakers Awards list for best hotels bars in the US.

Famed artist Maxfield Parrish was a Quaker and teetotaler who was hesitant to decorate a watering hole, but he couldn’t resist the $5,000 commission being offered by John Jacob Astor IV in 1906 ...

Where History, Innovation and Sustainability Converge on the Grand Canal.

“So then [her son] John Jacob Astor IV decides to fight back. They’re thinking of tearing down their mansion and building a horse stable to spite the hotel, because the smell would be terrible. Then ...

and wife of real estate magnate John Jacob Astor IV), and a STEWARDESS Track 20 (F, 50s-70s): Plays IDA STRAUS (German-American 1st class passenger, homemaker, and wife of Macy's co-owner Isidor ...

The flat in Ardara House in County Down, Northern Ireland , which was divided into six apartments in 1984, boasts a 'breathtaking' entrance hall and renovated kitchen.

It has been more than a century since the RMS Titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean, but the public is as captivated by the ...