Ladies chatelaine watches set with precious stones were very fashionable during the Edwardian era. A lady could have a dozen watches, but the chatelaine watch was the most stylish of the day. Chatelaine watches came …

The estate-wide event celebrates the beauty of George Vanderbilt’s 8,000-acre property and its original design by Frederick Law Olmsted, father of American landscape architecture. Biltmore’s gardens, Olmsted’s final and most grand project, are in their 120th year, continuing to mature and are becoming more beautiful as time passes.

Explore this National Park and discover your family’s history. Visitors can come face to face not only with the general experience of an immigrant at the turn of the 20th century, but also with the experiences of their (the visitors’) blood relatives.

The Victorian blouse of the early 1890s featured a high gathered full sleeve that tapered to the wrist. The fullness of the sleeve rose upwards above the shoulder, reminiscent of the silhouette of the 1830s. …