Founded in the 19th century largely by English and Canadian investors, Riverside was home to southern California’s first polo and golf courses. And in the midst of its quiet suburbia, Riverside’s most notable building is the historical Mission Inn, a famed hotel modeled after various European architectures.

A stroll through the Mission Inn is a miniature Grand Tour of Europe: walk narrow passageways that echo a Tuscan village, sun in a Spanish courtyard overlooked by a Medieval clock tower, admire Tiffany stained-glass windows in its St. Francis Chapel, dine in one of its three restaurants and know a New World hotel rich in Old World culture, understand a city that’s a classic melange of international influences.

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