George Vanderbilt’s Gilded Era Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, was built over the course of six years from 1889-1895. In addition to the lavish house, the estate included 125,000 acres of grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, the creator of New York’s Central Park. Already accomplished and on his way to becoming the founding father of American landscape architecture, Biltmore would be the crowning jewel of his career. biltmore.com