Today, young people mostly decide for themselves who they want to spend their lives with. In the past, however, parents ...

Schoolchildren lined the drive to Blenheim with as much fervour and joy as at any Royal wedding – it was almost a rerun of the excitement evoked by the 1895 marriage of the beautiful American heiress ...

When Alva Vanderbilt divorced her husband in 1895, she survived the scandal and kept Marble House and custody of their three children, Consuelo, William Kissam Jr., and Harold Stirling.

When Alva Vanderbilt divorced her husband in 1895, she survived the scandal and kept Marble House and custody of their three children, Consuelo, William Kissam Jr., and Harold Stirling. She then ...

ATLANTA — Vanderbilt football got its first loss of the season, falling, 36-32, to Georgia State on the road Saturday. Vanderbilt (2-1) missed out in Atlanta on its first 3-0 start to a season ...

After pulling an upset over Virginia Tech, Vanderbilt football will be back at FirstBank Stadium to face Alcorn State on Saturday (6:30 p.m. CT, ESPNU). In the opener, quarterback Diego Pavia was ...

Marble House was completed in 1892 as a summer home for William K. Vanderbilt and Alva Vanderbilt. Built with half a million cubic feet of marble, it features 50 rooms and spans 140,000 square feet.