During America’s Gilded Age, the nation’s super-wealthy were the first to develop sprawling mansions that seemingly belonged ...

Contemporary audiences know William Randolph Hearst as the Orson Welles–created eccentric media magnate who holed himself up in his hilltop mansion à­ la the movie Citizen Kane. Others know him as the ...

You can’t go to the Central Coast without a visit to Hearst Castle. A plan of action: Choose: Tours of William Randolph Hearst’s 165-room Xanadu fill fast, so buy tickets ahead of time. The ticket ...

It's the first time in at least half a century that someone other than a Hearst relative or a castle guide was allowed to stay overnight at the castle. The couple joined eight other people for a swim ...