house, no matter how ultimate, is not necessarily a home. Certainly, if scale were the measure of domestic tranquility, then Nemours (pictured) would have been the happiest of abodes. The 47,000-square-foot château that Alfred Irénée du Pont constructed from 1909 to 1910 on 300 acres outside of Wilmington, Del., remains a testament to the economic […]
Beck & Score (www.beckandscore.com) is a new travel outfitter that arranges bespoke itineraries to high-profile sporting events around the world. The Los Angeles–based company is debuting its services this year with exclusive trips to the FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Seven- to 10-day packages (priced from $15,000 per person) will include hard-to-acquire tickets as well […]
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Opened in 1978 on a 15-acre stretch of Maui’s Mokapu Beach, the Stouffer Wailea Beach Resort ruled as the island’s top retreat during the disco era. Like disco, the property—which later became a Renaissance resort—lost its sparkle over the years, eventually closing in 2007. But the Maui landmark reemerged as a Hawaiian hot spot last […]
The Jaguar F-Type Coupe follows on the heels of the acclaimed F-Type Convertible…
While Terrafugia has been readying the Transition flying car in Massachusetts, another company in the Netherlands has been developing its own flying car. This fall, after 13 years of R & D, the PAL-V One (www.pal-v.com) will be offered for presale for $395,000. In 10 minutes, the two-seat three-wheeler converts from a road-going vehicle that […]
A pen as distinctive as a person’s autograph, the Curtis Australia Signature (www.curtisaustralia.com) is crowned with a bust of an eagle sitting atop a foliage-covered plinth. The Melbourne-based company, which also offers jewelry and leather goods, created the Signature using the lost-wax casting technique. The pen, a ballpoint, is available in sterling silver ($4,900) or […]
If one doubts that food has become high fashion in Saint-Tropez, one need only venture into the Christian Dior boutique…
At the annual boat show in Cannes last September, the 64-foot Dominator 640 won two World Yacht Trophies…
The Stingray is the seventh generation of the Corvette, a model that has been in production since 1953…
In the hierarchy of golf equipment, drivers and putters are the superstars, while irons and easy-to-hit hybrids play supporting roles…
The hilly road stretches before me in an endless blur. Squinting through sweat-drenched wisps of hair, my legs jellylike, I hunch over my handlebars in despair. In the distance, the professional cyclist George Hincapie and his riding companions bob left and right in unison until they finally drop out of view, leaving me alone and, […]
As the sun sets over northeastern Nevada, a palette of pastel colors washes over the region’s wide-open pastures and wind-whipped valleys. Rugged mountains frame this classic picture of the American frontier, which, judging by the rising dust cloud in the distance, is alive and well. Traversing the Goshute Valley, hundreds of mustangs race across the […]
Suntory whiskey distillery described what would become the first release from Angel’s Envy…
Though banking, land, and vines have occupied Florence’s Frescobaldi family for more than 700 years, its members’ preoccupations have always included art and the art of living well. The family’s international financial dealings during the Renaissance enabled it to acquire the country estates where (then as today) it produced wine; and as the late Marchese […]
Stretched over more than 20 miles of oceanfront, the Big Island’s Kona–Kohala Coast has been a top Hawaiian vacation destination since the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel opened in 1965. But while the region—now dotted with resorts and communities from the Mauna Kea in the north to Discovery Land Company’s Kukio in the south—is no stranger […]
Dealers and auctioneers of sports collectibles speak of Muhammad Ali memorabilia in the same breath as items associated with Babe Ruth, whose $4.4 million game-worn New York Yankees road jersey holds the record price for any sports collectible sold at auction. But like Ali himself—a polarizing figure early in his career because of his prefight […]
In 2008, the British inventor, electronics tycoon, and philanthropist John C. Taylor unveiled the Corpus Clock…
Our editors have chosen London’s most exclusive development, the ultra-private One Hyde Park, as Robb Report’s Ultimate Home 2014…
A new boutique hotel was built on the original site of the Hyde Park Corner tube station…
Santiago Barberi Gonzalez travels the world in search of compelling art and design…
Chevrolet brought its Corvette Stingray convertible to Palm Springs, a popular location for automakers to showcase their new performance models…
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