a zoo, and an airport. (Yes, you read that right—an airport.) Hearst renamed the hilltop where the castle sits “La Cuesta Encantada,” the Enchanted Hill. Constructed between 1864 and 1868 ...

Visitors at Hearst Castle will be able to go outside at night to see the “Art Under the Moonlight” tour featuring works from newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst’s collection.

The zebras were originally brought to Hearst Castle for William Randolph Hearst’s private zoo. For those driving south, stop in Cambria and grab some olallieberry pie at Linn’s Easy as Pie ...

A stately piece of history is coming down at Hearst Castle on Tuesday, when a crew will begin cutting down a massive oak tree that stood on the property long before media mogul William Randolph ...

“It can be a little overwhelming.” Known today as the Hearst Castle, the publishing tycoon’s unfinished La Cuesta Encantada (“Enchanted Hill”) features 38 bedrooms, 41 fireplaces and famous swimming ...

The zoo offers a Sloth Encounter with their two-toed sloths ... you can at Hartman Castle on Logan Martin Lake just outside of Birmingham, Alabama. Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California is a castle ...

creator of Hearst Castle, and founder of the largest private zoo in the world in the 1930s. When Hearst’s zoo (“The Hearst Garden of Comparative Zoology”) was disbanded in 1937 — due to ...

Though the zoo was dismantled in 1937, there were still animals on the property when Hearst Castle was donated to the state of California. Zebras can still be seen grazing in the area. What is the ...

Sophia is your community news reporter covering the North Coast of San Luis Obispo County, including Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria and San Simeon. Staff have been busy getting Hearst ...

Perhaps the earliest zoo in San Francisco – “zoo” in ... He forbade the killing of rodents at Hearst Castle in San Simeon, so his staff used live traps. California man accused of beating ...