According to the nearby Ava Gardner Museum, the house still stands as a private residence. When the Show Boat actress was three years old, a fire ravaged the Gardner family barn and cotton gin ...

Indeed, Gardner, who created a museum, and Drexel, who founded a university, could in turn be considered the face and conscience of the Gilded Age. These two American women remain compelling ...

After Isabella Stewart Gardner's husband died in 1898, the art enthusiast carried out their plan to buy land in Boston's Fenway area and open a museum to display her impressive collection of ...