While many of the Chicago area’s estates from the Gilded Age have languished on the market ... A 15,000-square-foot mansion at 500 North Green Bay Road that belonged to James S.

Aloha Lodge, a 20,000-square-foot mansion with deep ties to Chicago’s elite, fetched $21.85 million ($1,092 per square foot), Crain’s reported. The mansion, which sits on 12 acres at 768 South ...

I've toured eight Gilded Age mansions in Newport, Rhode Island, and the Hudson Valley, New York. The mansions feature incredible displays of wealth such as walls covered in gold and silver.