Gargantuan pink Champagne cakes, cocktails and oak-grilled steaks: a behind-the-scenes peek at the Madonna Inn's restaurants, bars and bakery.

Over a span of 46 years, this builder-rancher-hotelier crafted his Madonna Inn ... Room to Love Nest to Oriental Fantasy, no two are alike, though many feature bold hues, carved wood, boulders ...

Picture-perfect and pink, Madonna Inn’s signature ... The Pink Cloud is the most ordered drink at the inn’s Silver Bar, where patrons sit on swiveling wood and pink-leather stools or colorful ...

The Madonna Inn ranked No. 2 on Gunther Volkswagen’s list of the top mom-and-pop lodgings in California due to its creative quarters and “anything but ordinary” energy. “Every room’s got ...