Can you imagine the home of the man that built Miami, Florida Henry Morrison Flagler, the partner to oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller and partner in Standard Oil (now known as Exxon/Mobil), built a railroad along Florida's East Coast, making the then-outpost named for the Miami River its Southern terminus.

Flagler built the 60,000 square foot mansion known as Whitehall as a wedding present to his bride in 1902, incorporating a full array of European finery with rooms based off Europe's Louis XIV and Italian Renaissance decors. A central courtyard includes a bubbling Venus fountain, itself a copy of the famous fountains of Italy's Bobboli Gardens

Special events, such as weddings, are allowed on the House's grounds with Flagler House Foundation Associate memberships. More special event information and photos can be found at http://flaglermuseum.us/html/special_events.html.