Biltmore Estate
Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, is the largest privately-owned mansion in the United States, spanning 178,926 square feet. Built between 1889 and 1895 for Gilded Age heir George Washington Vanderbilt II and designed by famed architect Richard Morris Hunt, this 250-room French Renaissance château is an architectural marvel surrounded by sprawling gardens. Famous across America for elegant grandeur, Biltmore is also renowned for paranormal reports of George Vanderbilt, his wife Edith, and spectral laughter echoing near the indoor swimming pool.