Decay had closed the 181-year-old mansion's once-majestic front hall. The only way inside was a back door off wooden stairs that were split and rotting. Exploring the historic halls and upper rooms of ...

Secluded behind trees on a hillside overlooking iron furnace ruins, Mount Pleasant is, in many ways, secluded from the 21st century, too. Ornate cast iron embellishes a long, deep front porch; back ...