The Fisher Island Club has restored the Vanderbilt mansion to its former glory. Though opulent, the house had just two bedrooms, for William K. Vanderbilt II and his second wife, Rosamund.

In what some have called a “legendary” trade, in 1925, the island’s owner, Carl Fisher, offered William Kissam Vanderbilt II, seven acres of land on Fisher Island, in exchange for Vanderbilt’s ...

From a $90 million penthouse and megayachts to the Vanderbilt mansion and a members-only club, these photos show how affluent Fisher Island really is.

MIAMI – There are many Vanderbilt mansions, all of them grander, and certainly larger, than the relatively modest manse on Miami’s Fisher Island that bears the famous family name. Ah, but if ...