See inside a historic 50,000-square-foot mansion on New York's Gold Coast that's featured in 'The Gilded Age'

• Hempstead House at Sands Point Preserve offers guided tours to learn about its history.
• Originally owned by Howard Gould, the estate was later sold to the Guggenheims in 1917.
• The mansion served various roles, including housing WWII refugees, before becoming a public park.

The North Shore of Long Island is known as the Gold Coast thanks to its collection of lavish mansions, which date back to the early 1900s. Many of these homes are thought to have inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald's West Egg in "The Great Gatsby."