Name That Place!

[exelis]

Hearst Castle. Quite a place. He was a real collector.

Mine's along the same lines, in many ways.

[smash]

What item in the image are we keying in on?

[AngelBaby]

What item in the image are we keying in on?

The gigant house in the center I would assume.

[exelis]

Indeed. The large building in the center with two courtyards, as well as the surrounding gardens, larger buildings, and bodies of water are all part of it. I tried to leave enough surroundings to at least give a concept of place as a hint, for someone with a skilled eye.

[exelis]

Hmm. Hints are in order, I suppose. Kinda like AB's Hearst, the owner of this property was a magnate that left his collection to the masses.

[exelis]

...Actually, he left two different collections, one in a museum in L.A., and this one, in a historically accurate reproduction of a mountainside villa from pre-Vesuvius Herculaneum.

[smash]

The Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, USA

[smash]

Here's an easy one

[smash]

no guesses?

Waugh.

[exelis]

Working overtime this week. No time to surf the earth.

Vacation starts tomorrow. I'll definitely go searching over the weekend if nobody else gets it.

[smash]

Jesus. Can I guess my own puzzle and post a new one?

[exelis]

Sorry. It wasn't much of a vacation.

[exelis]

That would be the world's largest swimming pool at the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Chile.

Excellent puzzle. Sorry it took so long to get a chance to sit down and figure it out. (You'll notice it's 2:30 AM here in Beantown... Gives you an idea of how much time I have to myself.)

Now, what can I post in return? Hmmmm......

[exelis]

No more "pervs" here.

[exelis]

I'll post clues if people actually need/want them. I'm not going to bother until I'm sure that people are actually looking, given the general slowness of this topic lately.

I'm sure AB already has it, anyway. ;-)