Want to live like a Rockefeller on your next vacation?
Or want a voyeuristic peek into the world of the rich and powerful?
These iconic resorts across the country — from a Gilded Age Palm Beach estate to a Newport mansion to a Long Island Gold Coast castle — will make you feel like your blood runs blue.
Click through to see where American royalty stay and play.
The Breakers Palm Beach, Florida
There’s a reason The Breakers’ reputation precedes it.
This 140-acre resort, first built in 1896 (and reconstructed in 1926), resembles a Renaissance palace, and it’s seen more than it’s fair share of American royalty over the years; Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan, William Randolph Hearst, and various Astors, Rockefellers, and Vanderbilts have all walked the halls at this posh spot.
No other hotel in Palm Beach can come close to matching the luxury found at this iconic property.
Get a closer look at The Breakers Palm Beach.
The Plaza, New York City, New York
This New York hotel is synonymous with luxury, and has carved out a prominent place in 20th-century culture.
Truman Capote threw his famous Black and White Ball here; in North by Northwest, Cary Grant was captured by spies in the hotel’s famous Oak Bar; and F. Scott Fitzgerald staged part of The Great Gatsby here.
When The Plaza first opened its residences, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt were the first to sign up.
Get a closer look at The Plaza, New York City.
Chatham Bars Inn, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
The Cape has long been a cherished spot for the American rich to summer, and the Chatham Bars Inn has been drawing America’s wealthy and powerful since it opened in 1914: Past guests include Henry Ford, Henry Morganthau, and William Rockefeller.
The true Cape-Cod style architecture is complemented by lovely interiors— upholstered wingback chairs, antique-style turned-leg furnishings, and seafaring decor.
Get a closer look at the Chatham Bars Inn.
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