Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
If you could time‑travel for one Gilded Age weekend, which resort would you pick, and why? Tell us in the comments!
Imagine calling a 70‑room palace a “cottage.” From Newport’s marble‑and‑gold cliffside mansions to Adirondack “log cabins” with bowling alleys, the Gilded Age elite rewrote the rules of summer travel, and left behind some jaw‑dropping stories.
Public Domain Photos from: Library of Congress,
CC BY 2.0 Photos from: Flickr User: xiquinhosilva, ajay_suresh, Beyond My Ken, Mobilus In Mobili
CC BY-SA 3.0Photos from: Wikipedia User: Adam12901, Mwanner, American
CC BY-SA 4.0 Photos from: Wikipedia User: P. Hughes, NewTestLeper79, Kenneth C. Zirkel
Free Art License 1.3: Brian W. Schaller
GNU Free Documentation License: Mfield, Matthew Field
Assets from: Envato Elements
Music from Epidemic Sound
How we make our videos:
Camera: Sony a6400
Microphone: Shure SM7B
Audio Interface: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
XLR Cable: Mogami Gold XLR Cable
Green Screen: Neewer Green Screen
Teleprompter: Neewer Teleprompter
Production Credits:
Scripts: Ken Weiss
Storyboard: Ken Weiss
Video Editor: Dalton Sturm
0:00 Intro
0:37 Newport, RI
1:53 Saratoga Springs, NY
3:51 Adirondacks
6:20 Bar Harbor, ME
8:05 Lake Geneva, WI
9:35 Mackinac Island, MI
11:18 Cliff House
13:25 Honorable Mentions
If you could time‑travel for one Gilded Age weekend, which resort would you pick, and why? Tell us in the comments!
Imagine calling a 70‑room palace a “cottage.” From Newport’s marble‑and‑gold cliffside mansions to Adirondack “log cabins” with bowling alleys, the Gilded Age elite rewrote the rules of summer travel, and left behind some jaw‑dropping stories.
Public Domain Photos from: Library of Congress,
CC BY 2.0 Photos from: Flickr User: xiquinhosilva, ajay_suresh, Beyond My Ken, Mobilus In Mobili
CC BY-SA 3.0Photos from: Wikipedia User: Adam12901, Mwanner, American
CC BY-SA 4.0 Photos from: Wikipedia User: P. Hughes, NewTestLeper79, Kenneth C. Zirkel
Free Art License 1.3: Brian W. Schaller
GNU Free Documentation License: Mfield, Matthew Field
Assets from: Envato Elements
Music from Epidemic Sound
How we make our videos:
Camera: Sony a6400
Microphone: Shure SM7B
Audio Interface: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
XLR Cable: Mogami Gold XLR Cable
Green Screen: Neewer Green Screen
Teleprompter: Neewer Teleprompter
Production Credits:
Scripts: Ken Weiss
Storyboard: Ken Weiss
Video Editor: Dalton Sturm
0:00 Intro
0:37 Newport, RI
1:53 Saratoga Springs, NY
3:51 Adirondacks
6:20 Bar Harbor, ME
8:05 Lake Geneva, WI
9:35 Mackinac Island, MI
11:18 Cliff House
13:25 Honorable Mentions
