Press & Media Resources

Cornerstone Mansion is an independent research and editorial site covering historic hotels, mansions, film locations, architecture styles, and heritage travel across America. Our research articles, databases, and property coverage are available for citation by journalists, researchers, and educators.

Research Articles

Our flagship research series covers national patterns in heritage travel, haunted hospitality economics, screen tourism access gaps, and historic preservation finance. Each piece is independently researched and citable.

• The Ghost Economy: Mapping America's Haunted Hospitality — how historic hotels package ghost lore into tours, premium access, and structured revenue
• State of Heritage Travel 2026 — synthesis report on how American heritage travel is being packaged, gated, scripted, and financed
• Screen Tourism Friction Index 2026 — the gap between filmed fantasy and real-world visitor access at high-demand film locations
• The 250th Anniversary Culture War — how major sites frame conflict-heavy history as the semiquincentennial cycle deepens
• Sinking History — climate-pressure audit tracking sites already being triaged in public view
• Historic Tax Credit Revival Index 2026 — state-by-state adaptive reuse and rehabilitation momentum

Downloadable Datasets

Compiled from our property coverage and research database. Free to use with attribution: Source: Cornerstone Mansion Research (cornerstonemansion.com)

• Haunted Hotels Database (CSV) — historic properties in the haunted hospitality category, with state, visit status, and publication metadata
• Film & TV Locations Database (CSV) — screen-tourism properties with public access status, production notes, and visit rules
• Architecture Styles Reference (CSV) — identifying features per American architectural style, peak periods, and key misidentification notes

Datasets updated when underlying research is updated. Contact us if you need a custom data pull for a specific geography or property type.

Coverage Areas

• Haunted hotels and historic inns: 94+ properties with documented ghost histories, current booking reality, and tour availability
• Historic mansions and estates: public-access properties, house museums, and private estates with documented film or architectural significance
• Film and television locations: 108+ properties covering screen-tourism access gaps and real visitor expectations
• American architecture styles: identification guides for 118+ style articles covering Gothic Revival, Prairie School, Federal, Craftsman, and related periods
• Heritage travel planning: destination stay planners and arrival guides for major heritage travel corridors

Methodology

All property pages are grounded in official hotel materials, government preservation records, and primary institutional sources. Research articles use documented data sources with per-page citation blocks. See our full methodology page for sourcing standards, update policy, and correction process.

Citation Format

For citing specific pages or research articles, the standard format is:

Cornerstone Mansion. "[Article Title]." Cornerstone Mansion Research, cornerstonemansion.com/[slug], accessed [date].