Tours

Digging Out of the Wreckage On August 10, 2020, a straight-line windstorm known as a derecho tore through the Midwest, leaving wide-scale devastation in its wake. It caused $11 billion…

A Storied History During Brucemore’s construction in the 1880s, a stately red oak tree that grew during the Civil War (1861-1865) was carefully preserved. The main drive was designed to…

The Douglas family added a small pond to the Brucemore estate in 1908, which they lovingly called “the Lake.” Here, the family was able to fish, swim, boat, and ice…

At the turn of the twentieth century, as people looked to escape the overcrowding and pollution of the big city, wealthy Americans began building “country estates”—mansions situated on idyllic landscapes…