California
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara’s celebrity-studded California version of the Riviera has long been one of the world’s most prized getaways. Paying tribute to its sun-dappled beauty, a gated palm-lined drive and wrought-iron door welcome you to some 5,000 square feet of Mediterranean…
Wildacres, Brentwood, California
Wildacres is the legendary two-generations-old legacy of a private equestrian haven and seven magical acres in Brentwood’s Sullivan Canyon. The California Eden flows from an elegantly rustic glass-walled contemporary featuring hefty beams and two master suites to an outdoors with…
Rancho Mirage, California
With the romantic provenance of Tuscany, yet dramatically embraced by an intoxicating southern California desertscape, the sunlit villa in Rancho Mirage presents a palmy feast for the senses. Past a fountained drive, poolside party settings and five bedrooms revel in…
Hancock Park, California
Hancock Park is no stranger to pedigreed English manors. But certainly one of the most bedazzling of all is the evocative heaven of a house majestically perched atop a sweeping knoll overlooking mellifluous poolside gardens. Restored by renowned designer Tim…
Beverly Hills, California
Originally designed by renowned architect Edla Muir, the stylish country manor—a dazzling vision of gentrified sumptuousness—commands a dream setting at the perfect apex between Rodeo Drive and the legendary Beverly Hills Hotel. Amid a proscenium of towering trees and enchanting…
El Fureidis, Montecito, California
In 1880, J. Waldron Gillespie, the scion of a wealthy upstate New York family, started an architectural and horticultural revolution by transforming a prized parcel of land in what is now Montecito into a Persian and European Xanadu laden with…
Beverly Hills, California
Architect Caspar Ehmcke, known for elegant country French and Regency style, outdid himself in a regal haven nestled in gated fountained poolside gardens by the legendary Beverly Hills Hotel. His centerpiece is a beautifully proportioned living room with deep crown…
Tahoe City, California
Of carved alder, stone, and stained glass, Cedar Shores embodies Tahoe’s spirit on a grand scale. Sweeping across a 100-foot lakefront acre (with a boat slip a walk away), the 7,200-square-foot haven revels in baronial ambiance from its main venues, giant…
Tahoe Keys, California
Bob’s at the Beach is a singular showpiece where modern whimsy meets up with nature in all its glory. The unique three-story tour de force (opposite: white residence in center) sports everything from a futuristic living room overlooking a two-story…
Sugarloaf, Laguna Beach, California
Sugarloaf, the Craftsman kingdom inspired by the five-star Lodge at Torrey Pines—and known by some as Laguna’s most fabled estate—is a California treasure. Commanding two prized acres jutting out to a private white-sand beach and the Pacific Ocean, it stages…
Wayne Gretzky’s California Palace, Sherwood, California
When it came time for one of the world’s most beloved sports icons to seek solitude in Southern California, he settled on six magical acres of knolltop enchantment overlooking the prestigious Sherwood Country Club. Celebrating a nonstop panorama of fairways,…
Beverly Hills, California
Monumental yet manageable, powerful yet intimate, the French limestone masterpiece between the Beverly Hills Hotel and Rodeo Drive crowns a knoll of magical formal gardens. Distinguished by twelve elegant fireplaces, the mansion’s spectacular centerpiece is a circular skylit foyer around…
Santa Ynez Valley, California
After living in some of the world’s dreamiest settings, the couple longed to return to California. They created a kingdom on 23 oak-clad acres atop the most majestic hilltop in the Santa Ynez Valley—with a celebrity list that has included…
Redwood Grove, Benbow, California
In 1926 San Francisco hotel heiress Margaret Stewart commissioned Julia Morgan to design a sumptuous country estate for an emerald paradise bordering forestland on the largest expanse of northern California’s Eel River. Meticulously restored, Redwood Grove glows with Morgan’s signature.…
Lake Tahoe, California
From the view-filled guesthouses (one of which is pictured left) to the captivating ten-bedroom residential lodge created in the 1920s, the compound at sparkling Meeks Bay rekindles the lake’s heyday—when it was the place to be for Tahoe’s elite, welcoming…