📍750 Hearst Castle Road, San Simeon, CA 93452, USA
1919 – 1947“The hill above San Simeon was bare when I began; over twenty-eight years I raised the most remarkable private residence in America. Architects call it eclectic — I call it everything I loved, assembled in one place: Roman temple facades, Spanish cathedral choir stalls, a Neptune Pool inspired by antiquity. One columnist called it a folly. I published his newspaper too, and fired him.”
👍 LovedThe Roman Pool — 345,000 glass and gold tesserae, and I swam there every morning before breakfast
👎 DislikedThe isolation — getting people up from Los Angeles for the weekend was always rather an expedition
🗺️ Approximate location today
📷 Location image · via Wikimedia Commons
Sources: Wikipedia: Hearst Castle