Shortly before moving to Asheville, North Carolina for my undergraduate college years, my parents and I visited “The Biltmore Estate” just before they flew back home to North Dakota.
The Biltmore Estate is the largest privately owned house in the United States. We visited all at 178,926 square feet of it and even spent a little time at the winery afterward. This has really grown since we last visited it. I really would like to get back there around the Holidays, as it is a whole different experience then.
Click on photo for lightbox viewing with caption (all photos taken by Ryan with a disposable camera and edited in Adobe Lightroom)
![Lilys in the courtyard.](https://ryanlevander.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1-2-1.jpg)
![View with the Blue Ridge Mountains.](https://ryanlevander.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2-2.jpg)
![Gift shop entrance.](https://ryanlevander.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/3-1.jpg)
![Front courtyard of the Biltmore Estate.](https://ryanlevander.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/4-1.jpg)
![Looking down from the spiral staircases.](https://ryanlevander.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/5-1.jpg)
![Spiral staircases inside.](https://ryanlevander.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/6-1.jpg)
![Model of the Biltmore Estate.](https://ryanlevander.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/7-1.jpg)
![Fountains in massive courtyard.](https://ryanlevander.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/8-1.jpg)
![View from afar of the Biltmore Estate.](https://ryanlevander.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/9-1-1.webp)
![Entrance of the Biltmore Estate.](https://ryanlevander.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/10-1.jpg)
![Bamboos trees upon the exit.](https://ryanlevander.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/11-1.jpg)
![Old architecture.](https://ryanlevander.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/12-1.jpg)
![Views outside the Biltmore Estate.](https://ryanlevander.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/13-1.jpg)
![Gift shop near the Biltmore Estate.](https://ryanlevander.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/14-1.jpg)
![Architecture around the Biltmore Estate.](https://ryanlevander.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/15-1.jpg)
![Front of the Biltmore Estate.](https://ryanlevander.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/16-1.jpg)
Photos by Ryan Levander are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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