<p>Today's True Werid Stuff - Lynnewood Hall</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Lynnewood Hall was built as a monument to wealth, power, and permanence&mdash;an American Versailles, commissioned by the Widener family, meant to last for generations. But tragedy struck the Widener family at the height of their fortune, tying the mansion forever to the sinking of the Titanic and a grief no amount of money could undo. As decades passed, the house was stripped, sold, misused, and left to decay, becoming a silent witness to hubris, loss, and the slow collapse of a gilded dream.</p>