After being closed for two years, Hearst Castle in San Simeon is reopening May 11, with a new tour dedicated to architect Julia Morgan and a belated celebration of the estate's 100th anniversary.

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 ...

How did staffers at Hearst Castle gear up for the reopening the famed historical house museum on Wednesday, April 11? The preparations ranged from mundane tasks such as dusting, sweeping, polishing ...