America's Castles Explained

Genre:	Video
Narrated:	Joe van Riper
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Num Seasons:	9
Num Episodes:	25+
Executive Producer:	Scott Galloway
Runtime:	45 minutes
Company:	Cinetel Productions
Location:	Conrad Mansion (Kalispell, Montana)
Channel:	A&E Network

America's Castles is a documentary television series that aired on A&E Network from 1994 to 2005. Through interviews, historic photos and newly shot footage, the program documents the mansions and summer homes of the high society of The Gilded Age. The series is narrated by Joe van Riper and many episodes feature architectural expert Richard Guy Wilson.

Featured homes

• Agecroft Hall
• Belcourt Castle
• Biltmore Estate
• Bishop's Palace (Galveston, Texas)
• The Breakers
• Cà d'Zan^[1]
• Camp Pine Knot
• Camp Uncas
• Castillo Serralles (in 1996)^[2]
• Casa Loma
• Chapultepec Castle
• Château-sur-Mer
• Eagle's Nest
• The Elms
• Evergreen House
• Fair Lane
• Filoli
• Fonthill Castle
• Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio
• Glensheen Mansion
• Great Camp Sagamore
• Hearst Castle
• Hempstead House/Falaise
• Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
• Kykuit
• Longwood

Longue Vue in New Orleans (Cotton Kings episode)

• Lyndhurst
• Mar-a-Lago
• Marble House
• Meadow Brook Hall
• Nottoway Plantation
• Oak Alley Plantation/Bon Sejour
• Old Westbury Gardens
• Parkwood Estate (Samuel McLaughlin home, Oshawa)
• Ralston Hall
• Rosalie Plantation
• Rosecliff
• Rosemount Museum
• Sagamore Hill
• Salisbury House
• Scotty's Castle
• Shelburne Farms
• Springwood Estate
• Stan Hywet Hall
• Stanton Hall
• Taliesin
• Taliesin West
• Vanderbilt Mansion
• Villa Vizcaya
• Virginia House
• Whitehall
• The Winchester Mystery House

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cà d'Zan: A Monumental Love Story. March 2017.
2. Reinaldo E. Gonzalez Blanco. El Turismo Cultural en Ponce durante el Plan Ponce en Marcha, 1900-2000. Neysa Rodriguez Deynes, Editor. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Professional Editions. 2018. p.74.