Ann set up a foundation for the perpetual maintenance of this home on 2.5 acres which became this permanent green oasis of art, wildlife, subtropical trees and plants.

The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens is a center for Japanese arts and culture in Delray Beach, Florida.

The Casements, named for the large hand-cut casement-style windows that adorn the mansion, was purchased in 1918 by John Davidson Rockefeller at age 78.

Henry Plant hired New York architect J. A. Wood to design the luxurious Tampa Bay Hotel in the style of a Moorish palace.

The Morse Museum houses the world’s most comprehensive collection of Louis C. Tiffany’s work, including jewelry, pottery, paintings, leaded-glass windows and lamps.

James Deering, socialite and antiquities collector built an elaborate Florida villa and estate named Vizcaya on Biscayne Bay in Miami.

In 1924, one of America’s wealthiest couples, started building a fifty-five room, 36,000 square-foot mansion called Ca’ d’Zan (meaning House of John) on Sarasota Bay in Florida.

The Lightner Museum was founded by Chicago publisher and collector Otto C. Lightner in 1947. Lightner was best known as the publisher of Hobbies, The Magazine for Collectors.

Founded in 1565, St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European American origin in the United States. The Downtown Historic District is where you will find the majority of the city’s activity.

Franklin W. Smith built his winter home, Villa Zorayda, in St. Augustine in 1883. He was inspired by the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain.

In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, South Beach was mostly coconut farmland, Miami Beach exploded as a beachfront community in the 1920’s. Many of the building styles included Art Deco, Nautical Moderne and Streamline Moderne.

Bonnet House and Garden was built in 1920 on land given to the couple as a wedding present. They created this unique Forth Lauderdale winter estate.

Whitehall is the Palm Beach mansion built by Henry Morrison Flagler, one of the founding members of Standard Oil and a leading developer of Florida as a tourist destination. The 75-room, 100,000 square feet home was enjoyed during winters by the Flaglers, and they entertained constantly for 11 years until his death in 1913.