I always find stuff like this very interesting:

It's called Bellosguardo: “Beautiful view.” But driving by, you can barely see it: It hides behind high walls, bookending the southern tip of Santa Barbara, Calif. A $100 million mansion perched on a bluff overlooking the Pacific, immaculately maintained, as if waiting for someone who has gone off for the weekend.

But the owner hasn't been seen here since Barbara Doran lived on the estate as a child. “It’s like ‘The Secret Garden,’ ” said Doran, now 65. “ ‘The Secret Garden’ and Nancy Drew, all rolled up into one.”

http://today.msnbc.msn.co...?gt1=43001

I just watched the news clip... how sad!

The New York Times did an extensive piece on Barbara Doran in 2009, at the time no could place her whereabouts. Wow.

Thannks for sharing.