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WITH The Great Gatsby in theaters, the 1920s are back — or at least an opulent, sexed-up, oddly hip-hop version of them is. But where would J-Gatz party if he were around today, and not, uh…fictional? To answer that question, Thrillist scoured the US to pull together some of the most extravagant examples of America’s highfalutin past, and came up with 20 mansions the Great Gatsby would love. 1. Biltmore — Asheville, NC Photo: BILTMORE 2. Champ d’Or Estate — Hickory Creek, TX Photo: WIKIPEDIA.ORG 3. Hearst Castle — San Simeon, CA Photo: HEARSTCASTLE.ORG 4. Glen Cove Mansion — Long Island, NY Photo: GLENCOVEMANSION.COM 5. Villa Collina — Knoxville, TN Photo: KNOXNEWS.COM 6. Kykuit: The Rockefeller Estate — Sleepy Hollow, NY Photo: HUDSONVALLEY.ORG 7. Oheka Castle — Huntington, NY Photo: OHEKA.COM 8. Oak Alley Plantation — Vacherie, LA Photo: OAKALLEYPLANTATION.COM 9. Vizcaya Museum — Miami, FL Photo: VIZCAYAMUSEUM.ORG 10. The Breakers — Newport, RI Photo: NEWPORTMANSIONS.ORG 11. Picacho Lane Mansion — Montecito, CA Photo: PRICEYPADS.COM 12. Montagel Way Mansion — Birmingham, AL Photo: BLOG.AL.COM 13. Monticello — Charlottesville, VA Photo: MONTICELLO.ORG 14. The Astors’ Beechwood Mansion — Newport, RI Photo: GEOLOCATION.WS 15. The Stone Mansion — Alpine, NJ Photo: ALPINEMANSION.COM 16. Le Belvedere Mansion — Bel Air, CA Photo: EXTRAVAGANZI.COM 17. Vanderbilt Marble House — Newport, RI Photo: COMMONS.WIKIMEDIA.ORG 18. Palais des Anges — Beverly Hills, CA Photo: PRICEYPADS.COM 19. Rosecliff Mansions — Newport, RI Photo FILIPDEMUINCK-KRISTELPARDON.BLOGSPOT.COM 20. Barnaby Estate — Bel Air, CA Photo BARNABYESTATE.COM This post was produced by Chris Watkins and originally appeared under the title 20 MANSIONS THE GREAT GATSBY WOULD LOVE at Thrillist, a Matador syndication partner.

This morning dawned with a steady drizzle and cars passing us covered in snow We followed the smell of breakfast and tucked into pretty much everything on offer. Woolly says I really enjoyed my sausage bacon egg croissants fresh pineapple and melon not to mention toast should keep me going for a bit. As we couldnt delay the outdoors any longer if we wanted to see anything we wrapped

Patmos is a place of pilgrimage ever since it was said that St John the Divine is said to have dictated the Revelations in AD 100 or so. In AD monk Christodoulus founded a fortified monastery on honour of St John and has since been the place of enlightenment. I could use some enlightenment. One can never get enough really....The black women in the cabin next to me are sure having a good time. I fe

PlansNeal recently purchased a Porsche 911 and wanted to take it for a good trip as up to now he has only really used it for the occasional commute to work and visits to friends and family.So the plan is to take it for a spin on a weeklong tour around France.The car is a 2001 Porsche 911 Carrera a 3.6l rearwheel drive manual 996 for those who care about these sorts of things and is a real ra

Ihr Lieben beim letzten Mal hatte ich euch ja die Strecke Broome nach Perth versprochen and here it comes. Dass ich so hinterherhaenge beim Berichten ist zwar nicht so dolle aber dafuer mache ich meine Reise dann immer noch mal man vergisst doch so einiges ueber die Zeit da ist es gut wenn man die grauen Zellen noch einmal aktiviert. Broome fand ich bei meinem ersten Besuch nicht so spann

Contd..... Chapter 2.Two days driving about 700 miles to get to Yosemite and what a drive it was we climbed up to the Tioga Pass and this was a high mountain road 56 mileslooking down into deep valleys....but the road was wide well maintained and not scarey to drive have been on worse roads in Francewe were above the snow line and you could see why this road had only been opened 2 days e

To set the scene its a calm evening mid thirties with a gentle breeze hitting our skin. We are on the edge of the Black Desert and in the near distance pyramid like orange sand dunes stand high and proud. We mount our ride. These animals are Dromedary39s given the fact they have one hump and not two like true camels. Leanne is on the crazy lead camel called Bob Marley whilst Mick is given th

Dear All How are you all and has the summer arrived yet We apologise for the lack of any contact for a while but Masanga has the most appalling reception and Internet so connecting with the outside world is a constant difficulty. Contacting relatives to reassure them of our health is difficult enough let alone trying to conduct a professional relationship with the rest of the world. It39s a

Another day and they are being ticked off now as we start the countdown to going home. More of our holiday has gone than is left. Suzy spent the night in a fairly quiet site once the noisy Italians had gone to bed. They do have fun these Italians. The morning started off badly with the heavy rain beating on Suzys roof. It felt cold too and the young girl serving in the shop said that it felt

there is a certain smell about Turkey that I really like. I39m not sure if its the soap they use or perfumecologne but I hope that I never forget the smell. Other than getting attacked by a mosquito right now I39m quite enjoying myself. last night in Mykonos i met a motherdaughter from London and gay Pakistani who lives in Switzerland at a wonderful restaurant. We drank wine and laughed a