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Hopeland Estate, Staatsburg, NY, home of the architect and tennis professional Robert "Bob" Palmer Huntington (l. 1869-1949), who built the 35-room Tudor Revival mansion c. 1907. Mansion designed by Calvert Vaux and dismantled between 1940-1950...

Mills Mansion, also known as "Staatsburgh", located in Staatsburg, NY, USA, seen from the front lower lawn, renovated 1895.

The gates of the Mills Mansion estate also known as "Staatsburgh", located in Staatsburg, NY, USA, c. 1906, although the mansion itself was renovated to its present state c. 1895.

Mills Mansion, known in its time as "Staatsburgh", located in Staatsburg, NY, USA. Home of the financier Ogden Mills (l. 1856-1929) and his wife Ruth Livingston Mills (l. 1855-1920). Donated to the state of New York at a public park in 1938...

Aerial view of Oheka Castle, Huntington, Long Island, NY in 2009. The estate was built by industrialist Otto Herman Kahn between 1914-1919.

Photo of Otto Herman Kahn (l. 1867-1934), c. 1909, a Jewish banker and industrialist Otto Herman Khan, who built Oheka Castle between 1914-1919, which is one of the best-known luxury hotels of Long Island, NY, USA today.

A map illustrating the origins and territorial expansion of the Aztec Empire in Mesoamerica between the 14th and 16th centuries.

Oheka Castle, Huntington, Long Island, NY, USA. Now a luxury hotel, it was once the home of industrialist Otto Herman Khan (l. 1867-1934) and was built between 1914-1919. It has been featured in famous films such as Citizen Kane as well as...

Oheka Castle (built 1914-1919), now a luxury hotel in Huntington, Long Island, NY, USA, formerly the home of the industrialist Otto Herman Khan (l. 1867-1934). The home he built was one of the grandest on Long Island during the Gilded Age...

Library of Oheka Castle, Huntington, Long Island, USA, built by the industrialist Otto Herman Khan (l. 1867-1934) during the Gilded Age of America.