Few places better capture the opulence of early–20th century California than Hearst Castle, the 165-room former personal estate of publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst. The property ...

The attraction is open daily starting at 9 a.m. For more information, visit the Hearst Castle website. Paso Robles Wine Adventure with pickup from Pismo Beach, CA (14 reviews) Pismo Beach ...

Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California. Jim Bartsch for Hilton & Hyland The eight-bedroom mansion can host up to 1,000 guests between its paneled walls; it also features two guest apartments and ...

Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, and Cary Grant have partied there. Orson Welles modeled Xanadu after it in Citizen Kane—and, for that matter, his title character after its homeowner. So it was ...

Today, the Hearst Castle is a major California tourist attraction. Perhaps the best-known event of William Randolph Hearst's very public life was his effort to suppress Citizen Kane, a thinly ...