Once upon a time it was the beachfront estate of silent movie starlet Marion Davies, built for her by her lover, the infamous newspaperman William Randolph Hearst. It was definitely a "party house" where a who's who of Hollywood's golden era would frolic in the pool and on the shore. On the 5-acre site was a mansion designed by renowned architect Julia Morgan, boasting 110 rooms. more ›

Too artsy-fartsy to enjoy the big game on Superbowl Sunday? You may want to check into LACMA for the very last day of the monumental "Hearst the Collector" exhibit, a display of over 150 art pieces including medieval tapestries, Georgian silver, Greek vases, Renaissance paintings, and random bits of wood and statuary yanked from the Baroque cathedrals of Europe when they were short on money a century ago. more ›