Join me as I discover history in my new backyard! Hyde Park, New York and the surrounding area are overflowing with historic homes, estates, and relics of the Gilded Age. My Dad & I first tour the Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, complete with the first ever Presidential Library & FDR Museum, alongside the former President's lifelong home of Springwood. The tour & museum gave us so much information and insight into the world of this beloved President.

We next toured the Spring & Fall residence of Frederick and Louise Vanderbilt. Frederick was the grandson of one of America's first multi-millionaires Cornelius Vanderbilt. Their seasonal mansion was thought by them as more of a 'cottage' where they largely enjoyed their time outdoors. The interior drips with elegance, the gardens are full of unique beds and sculptures, and one of, if not the continent's oldest Gingko Tree stands tall on the estate's grounds.

If you love history and old homes, don't miss either of these amazing National Historic Sites!

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro to this Video
00:43 - FDR Presidential Library & Museum
02:57 - Berlin Wall Sculpture & Stables
03:20 - Exterior of FDR's Home of Springwood
03:47 - Entry Hall
04:03 - Library
04:39 - Music Room (AKA Dresden Room)
05:02 - Dining Room
05:14 - Rooms Not Viewable on First Floor
05:32 - Heading Upstairs
05:42 - FDR's Boyhood Bedroom
05:54 - Pink Room
06:05 - Chintz Room
06:21 - Frequent Visitor Guest Room
06:34 - Blue Room
06:57 - FDR's Bedroom
07:17 - Elenore's Bedroom
07:30 - Rooms Not Viewable on Second Floor
07:35 - Views of the Hudson Valley
07:50 - Gardens & Roosevelts' Gravesite
08:07 - Intro to & Exterior of Vanderbilt Mansion
08:48 - Entry Hall
09:06 - Living Room
09:30 - Dining Room
09:58 - Reception Room
10:11 - Frederick's Den & Office
10:34 - Grand Staircase
10:46 - Second Floor Landing
11:01 - Louise's Bedroom
11:10 - Frederick's Bedroom
11:21 - Features of the Second Floor
11:55 - Basement, Kitchen & Servants Quarters
12:11 - Gardens
12:54 - Gingko Tree