I visited a Gilded Age mansion once called 'the American Versailles.' These 7 details left me speechless.

Lynnewood Hall is the second-largest surviving Gilded Age mansion in the US. Courtesy Lynnewood Hall Lynnewood Hall, a 110-room estate in Pennsylvania, was completed in 1899. Two of its heirs perished in the sinking of the Titanic, and it later lay vacant for 30 years. As restoration efforts get underway, it's open to the public for the first time in eight decades. When I drove through the towering iron gates of Lynnewood Hall's sprawling 34-acre property, I instantly understood why the estate, commissioned in 1897, earned the nickname "The Last of the American Versailles." As someone who loves France and visits often, the Palace of Versailles' glittering gold gates, lush green gardens, marble structures, and intricate fountains have always been a place of enchantment for me. So, to experience architecture inspired by that level of European grandeur right here on American soil was quite the treat.