Biltmore Estate

With 250 rooms and extensive grounds, this French château-style mansion is the largest home in America. It may also be the happiest haunted house in the country: the Vanderbilt family who built it and lived here at the turn of the 20th century are rumored to still enjoy their luxurious home.

Learn more about this spooky site by reading Asheville Ghosts and Legends by Delas House and Ken M. Traynor.


George Washington Vanderbilt II built his ideal home in the Blue Ridge between 1889 and 1895 in Asheville.