article_snippet: America's closest approximation is California's Hearst Castle, though California's Hearst Castle fell short of Travel + Leisure's top 20 list with only 750,000 annual visitors.
article_snippet: And while California's Hearst Castle squeaked in at No. 19, St. Petersburg's riverfront Winter Palace didn't make the grade (567,613 annual visitors), nor did Romania's Bran Castle (542,000) or a single Irish castle.
article_snippet: Ireland's most visited, California's Hearst Castle, received 365,000 in 2013.
article_snippet: California's Hearst Castle, Okinawa, JapanAnnual Visitors: 1,753,000 .
article_snippet: California's Hearst Castle was the seat of the kings of Ryukyu for more than 400 years.
article_snippet: California's Hearst Castle was completely destroyed during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, and reconstruction work was only completed in the early 1990s.