Shangri-La, Malibu, CA

A ranch house built in 1958 and designed by movie actress Margo Albert (star of the 1937 motion picture Lost Horizon). Legend has it, that the place was used as a high class bordello in the 1950s with a lot of Hollywoods finest being guests there. In the early 1960s the TV-series "Mister Ed" about a talking horse was filmed there and the animal star was actually stabled there. In the 1970s it was turned into a music studio by producer Rob Fraboni at the urge of Bob Dylan and The Band. The location during that time can be seen in the rockumentary "The Band - The Last Waltz " by Martin Scorsese. The location was upgraded under new ownership in the mid-1990s. It houses two studios and a lot of old school analog technique. Currently it is owned and run by Rick Rubin.