Robert Oakes, author of "Ghosts of the Berkshires," will lead four ghost tours in January and February at Ventfort Hall Gilded Age Mansion and Museum.

Elm Court, a colossal Gilded Age estate built for the Vanderbilts in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts with nearly as much square footage as the White House, is in the middle of a major ...

Ventfort Hall, an 1893 mansion built for J.P. Morgan’s sister, was in disrepair. The living and the dead teamed up to save it. Ventfort Hall was the pinnacle of grandeur when it was built, but fell ...