I finally visited The Biltmore Estate

The home seen from the retention wall.

The Biltmore Estate was built by George Vanderbilt II in Asheville North Carolina. Construction started in 1889 and was completed in 1895. To this day, it is still the largest privately owned home in the USA. Although no one lives in the house today, Vanderbilt’s decesendants still live on the Biltmore property.

I was a camper at a camp near the Biltmore while in high school, and that is when I…